Virgin Mobile Gets Two New Phones

Yep, it looks like Virgin is moving up in the world, they’ve just gotten their very first HTC phones called the Wildfire S. They also just announced the LG Optimus Slider as well, both are Android based phones with varying specs between them. Pricing is $199 for the Wildfire S and $150 for the Optimus Slider. The Wildfire will be available October 23rd and the Optimus on October 31st.

HTC Wildfire S offers users:

• Color options of White (RadioShack) or Silver (Best Buy)
• 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen
• 5MP camera with flash
• 3G and Wi-Fi capability
• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• 600MHz processor
• HTC Sense – HTC’s custom-built experience, which puts information most important front and center by providing further customizable widgets and applications.

HTC Wildfire S comes preloaded with the Virgin Mobile Live 2.0 social networking lifestyle application used to access the Virgin Mobile branded music stream, hosted by DJ Abbey Braden. The app also provides users of Android-powered devices free access to live music performance videos and "check in" features at special events. All status updates made using the app will also sync with Facebook^® and Twitter^®.

LG Optimus Slider offers users:

• An easy to use 3.2-inch touchscreen with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and bright screen
• Enjoy all of the apps in the constantly growing Android Market with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Surf the Web and run apps on the Nationwide 3G Sprint Network
• MicroSD support (≤32GB) and a 3.2MP camera
• Bluetooth® 3.0

LG Optimus Slider comes preloaded with Virgin Mobile Live 2.0 social networking lifestyle application used to access the Virgin Mobile branded music stream, hosted by DJ Abbey Braden. The app also provides users of Android-powered devices free access to live music performance videos and "check in" features at special events. All status updates made using the app will also sync with Facebook^® and Twitter^®.