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ZTE is launching a new Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) smartphone in partnership with Virgin Media and phone retailer Phones 4U. The Grand X packs a NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core, 4.3-inch touchscreen (960×540) and cinematic surround-sound Dolby Mobile Sound technology. ZTE says the processor “delivers fast download speeds and video processing” which, combined with the…

ZTE has launched the Kis, a £50 Pay As You Go Android smartphone available exclusively from Virgin Media at launch. The handset features a 3.5” colour screen, 3.2MP auto focus camera and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Virgin Media are offering customers 1GB of mobile data free per month for 12 months in addition to their top-ups.…

Virgin Media and the UK operations of Orange and T-Mobile are the target of an investment consortium looking to create a new entertainment giant, the Times reports. According to yesterday’s Times, the bidders are headed by Tom Alexander, former boss at Everything Everywhere which operates Orange and T-Mobile in the UK. The deal, which has…

Virgin Media’s TiVo continues to play catch-up with bottom of the market Freeview boxes. Despite being touted as industry-leading, the TiVo currently lacks basic features such as BBC Red Button interactive services or reminders. Customers have long complained about the lack of these basic features as well as errors in the programme guide. The TiVo…