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CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Virgin Mobile phones and top-up cards are being sold in more than half of the 1,900 Best Buy, Media Play and Sam Goody outlets in the United States, all owned by Best Buy. A Best Buy spokeswoman said the company is limiting its launch in order to test the market before deciding on whether to add the products to more stores. The Virgin Mobile line-up, which includes the $99 "Party Animal" phone with 200-person directory, is targeted at teenagers. Other features are also geared at attracting younger buyers. For instance, the phones will feature a music download service called "Hit List" and a call scheduler named "Rescue Ring," which lets customers time calls--for example, to ring 20 minutes after a blind date is supposed to start.

Good timing?Branson's Virgin Mobile debuts nationally at a time when the telecommunications sector is in a general state of financial meltdown, with network equipment makers posting quarterly losses and laying off employees, wireless carriers expecting to merge this year and handset maker Nokia predicting an unprecedented second straight otterbox defender series screenless edition iphone xr case - black year of decreasing global cell phone sales, And Virgin Mobile is entering the new United States market just weeks after Branson's version of Virgin Mobile in Singapore was shuttered because of limited sales, the company said..

Virgin Mobile is targeting 18 to 25 year olds, who make up one of the last untapped wireless marketplaces left in the United States, where 140 million people own and use wireless phones. "They have the right target in mind," said Gartner wireless analyst Bryan Prohm. The retail rollouts could be critical for the company, Prohm said. Tens of thousands of stores in the United States already sell at least six different carriers' phones. Virgin Mobile needs to have its phones alongside theirs, if anything other than just to get customers to realize there's a new cell phone carrier in town, Prohm said.