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Beautiful Video of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo
WhiteKnightTwo is beautiful in stills, but it's nicer in video. Especially when put to The Conchords playing Bowie, which you should all buy. [Bowie on Amazon, WhiteKnightTwo on Giz]
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Interview: Virgin Galactic Pilot...Space Pilot
Rich Dancaster has flown commercial jets for a long time. He's got 16,000 flight hours under his belt, which is more than some of us have in cars. When Virgin America and Galactic announced a plan to work together, he figured it was sheer marketing. Then he got the call that he'd be going through an intense training program to pilot a spaceship. You'd never believe a man who looks like a cross between Chuck Yeager and Clint Eastwood and who dresses like Johnny Cash would ever experience something like giddiness, but that's what I detected when interviewing him at today's WhiteKnightTwo unveiling. More »
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First Virgin Galactic White Knight II Photos
WhiteKnightTwo, which will shuttle SpaceShipTwo into suborbital space, is about to be unveiled in the Mojave desert. I believe that's SpaceShipTwo under the veil. Update: More Photos of WhiteKnightTwo below. Interview with a spaceship pilot. More »
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In today's news of Virgin buying Helio for 39 million dollars, it has been revealed that the advanced features Helio was known for (and paid dearly for in the end) will be ported over as Virgin takes over operations. The infrastructure will also allow future handsets from Virgin to include modern day amenities like Google Maps with GPS, YouTube and MySpace apps, stuff Helio was very early on compared to the rest of the industry. [Virgin]
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Phew: Keep Your Advanced Features When Your Helio Turns Into Virgin
In today's news of Virgin buying Helio for 39 million dollars, it has been revealed that the advanced features Helio was known for (and paid dearly for in the end) will be ported over as Virgin takes over operations. The infrastructure will also allow future handsets from Virgin to include modern day amenities like Google Maps with GPS, YouTube and MySpace apps, stuff Helio was very early on compared to the rest of the industry. [Virgin]
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12:00 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Brian Lam
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Latest by Y2KGTP: At least Virgin has a decent txt package. 10$ for unlimited txt,photos, IM & Email. Verizon is like....5$ for more »
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Virgin Mobile to Buy Helio, Kill It, Consume It
It appears that the rumors were right, kinda fake telecom provider Virgin Mobile will buy kinda fake telecom provider Helio. Once the acquisition is complete, Virgin Mobile will consume Helio and hopefully become stronger from the nourishment, but the trendy Helio logo will be gone forever. Since both companies run on Sprint's network, it shouldn't be that big a deal from a technical "will my phone still work??" standpoint. Although Helio was extremely progressive in features and pioneered "all in" plans. We don't know if Virgin is interested in giving users the world like Helio did in the financially challenging MVNO space. [Yahoo and Electronista]
8:58 AM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Mark Wilson
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Latest by DigitalTrix: hahah..great timing I wanted to get out of my contract anyway.. more »
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Virgin Mobile Ponies Up Cheapest Unlimited Calling Plan: $80/Month
Virgin Mobile, the little MVNO that could, is introducing what it says is the lowest-priced unlimited nationwide calling plan on the block—$80 a month for "totally unlimited" calling, starting July 1. Unlimited text and messaging adds another $10, so the super duper unlimited plan will run you $90 all told. Hopefully they'll offer it to poor Helio customers if that deal goes through. Full detailage: More »
10:08 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by ryusen: a local PCS outlet offers unlimited voice and text for $50 and NO contracts... more »
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Xtube Hulu. Also, VoIP is blocked, and cell calls aren't possible either. Still, Mossy thought it did well enough for someone who can't stay off the grid for a few hours. GoGo costs $10 for flights under three hours, and $13 for longer ones. It'll begin rolling out in the next few weeks on American Airlines, with Virgin soon to follow. [AllThingsD]
Walt Mossberg Reviews GoGo In-Flight Wi-Fi (Verdict: Fast, But Not Fast Enough)
Walt just tested GoGo, the in-flight Wi-Fi service, on a bunch of laptops and smartphones during a flight from San Francisco to Denver. The service distributes, via Wi-Fi, a high speed cellphone data signal pointed at airplanes, which Mossy rated at around 600kbps down and 250kbps up. This was quick enough for Walt to browse the web, send emails with iPhone rumor attachments, and talk on IM to his ladies, but it couldn't keep up with streaming video on
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Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Carriers of Text Message Price Gouging
When you do the math on it, sending a text message requires such a tiny amount of bandwidth that, based on data transfer rates, they should round down to free. Clearly, that's not the case, with every single carrier using text messaging as a fun excuse to gouge their customers with insane prices for such a popular feature. Well, people are getting a little sick of paying $0.20 to send 15 characters of text; a class action lawsuit has just been filed against all the major carriers for price gouging. More »
10:40 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Adam Frucci
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Latest by GadgetPlay: @Joseph: "Are you talking about these?" Yes. Cool pic. Is that Curly? @ripfire4: "Random Fact: Sour Grapes develop into Whine." Ha! more »
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SK Telecom Denies Merger Talks With Virgin Mobile
Despite mocoNews' and WSJ's reports last week that SK Telecom and Virgin Mobile were set to merge the Helio and Virgin Mobile USA brands, SK Telecom denies these rumors and says it's fully committed to Helio. Dow Jones quoted SK Telecom spokesperson Mina Ryu as saying the all-stock transaction merger was "groundless." While SK Telelcom did say they were actively pursuing opportunities for expansion in the US, they clearly stated they weren't in "any sort of talks" with Virgin Mobile. [mocoNews]
7:32 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Adrian Covert
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Latest by Zapp Brannigan's Girdle: Anyone have any current subscriber numbers for Helio? Wikipedia only has the December '06 figure. more »
