WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Virgin Mobile will offers the twenty-buck  the TNT! by Kyocera Wireless, a Talk N' Text (get it?) flip phone available at major retailers nationwide including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and Radio Shack, which will be available at www.virginmobileusa.com beginning August 20.

Here are a few features of the TNT! handset:

• Measures 3.5" x 1.8" x 0.6" -- all at less than 3 ounces and about the size of half a candy bar.
• Designed by Kyocera Wireless and includes an external display with illuminating external caller ID
• Comes preloaded with an array of  games, along with downloadable animated and Real Music ringtones.
• Sports thel Virgin Mobile USA user interface and Virgin XL, which means it works as great as it looks.
•  Up to 200 minutes of talk time and 5 days of standby time on a single charge, plus room for 250 contactsu.