News 2001
Virgin Mobile unveils the sexiest innovations at Live 2001
21/09/2001
Stand numbers D30 and B45 - the place to be seen
Anyone who was at V2001 will know that Virgin Mobile is a dab hand at putting on an event to remember. And this year's Live 2001, Virgin Mobile's second year at the event, will be no exception. On the Virgin Mobile stand you'll find the flashiest line up of mobile phones, state of the art mobile media technology, and the Virgin Mobile 'Surveillance Trailer' - as seen at the V2001 Trailer Park - and there are even masseurs waiting to soothe away your exhibition strains. You can even pick up a free Virgin Mobile SIM card. And all phones on the award winning stand* are live, so visitors can phone a friend free of charge!
Virgin Mobile is also launching four new technological innovations at Live 2001 - amazing kit which is bound to get any tech-head's juices flowing. Come and try them at our stands!
Nokia Music Player
This is an MP3 player, FM radio and handsfree headset with voice dialling all in one tiny sleek package. It can be self-powered with an AAA battery, or connect it up to a Nokia 3310, 3330 or 8210 Nokia phone, all available on Virgin Mobile. It is due to go on sale in October at £199.99.
Ericsson Communicam
This nifty gadget turns your Ericsson phone into a camera, and works on the R320, R520, T20e and T39. You can take a picture with your phone, and email it straightaway to friends! This is available from Virgin Mobile from October. At £125.99, it is the ideal Christmas gift for someone who has everything (or so they thought!).
Image Generator
A cunning programme available on the Virgin Mobile website from October. It allows you to create your own mobile graphic on your PC - it could be an image of your boy or girlfriend, or anything else you fancy - and download it as a bitmap screen graphic to your mobile phone. How cool is that!
Snapshot covers
Take a digital photo, zap it through our computer, and out it pops as a personalised mobile phone cover! It is the ultimate in personalisation and allows people to make their phone, well, as unique as they are! The technology allows people to alter, crop and resize an image to fit a phone cover perfectly - with a full colour preview - before getting the cover printed. The service is being launched to the public on the Virgin Mobile web site in early October, and can be used on Sendo and Nokia phones.
Also on the Virgin Mobile stand, you'll find:
The surveillance trailer
Virgin Mobile is showcasing its famous high-tech trailer at Live 2001! Inside this trailer you can mess around with all the latest in Virgin Mobile phone gadgets and technology. How about downloading your favourite tune from the web to the new Siemens SL45 MP3 phone?
There are CCTV cameras throughout the Exhibition Hall, and footage is being fed through to screens in the trailer, so you can spy on your fellow Live 2001-goers! Chill out while you charge your phone in the trailer's bedroom. There's also a funky Internet Cafe with five PCs to cater for all your on-line needs during the show.
Connect free to Virgin Mobile or Trial and Dial
Virgin Mobile is giving free connection to its service to visitors at Live 2001. Yes, really! Anybody who has a compatible phone and wants to switch to Virgin Mobile can do so there and then - we'll give them a free SIM card complete with £5 of free airtime to get them started!
Or for those who fancy a little role-playing, Virgin Mobile is offering free use of a Siemens C35i phone for visitors to use during the show - again complete with £5-worth of airtime. All you need to do is leave your credit card details in case you lose it.
Mmmmm Masseurs
Come visit the Virgin Mobile stand for some relief of that age-old show ailment - 'Exhibition Foot'. Or if your head is pounding from information overload, they'll see to that too with a lovely neck massage.
Virgin Mobile invites you to come and join the party!
For further information please contact:
Alison Bonny, Virgin Mobile, 07802 430 276
Steven Day, Virgin Mobile, 07931 777 777
Joanne Baker, Virgin Mobile, 07941 233 300
Georgina Annett, Consolidated Communications, 07941 251100
Sasha Bradbury, Consolidated Communications, 07867 526 208
Email: press.office@virginmobile.com
*Runner up stand in the Ideal Home Exhibition's Lifestyle Category, 2001.
About Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is now established as the most successful virtual network operator in the world. Since its launch in November 1999 it has attracted well over one million customers, making it one of the fastest growing mobile phone companies in history.
Virgin Mobile is a 50:50 joint venture company between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Deutsche Telekom's One 2 One, and is the UK's first mobile virtual operator.
It has scored a number of firsts, including being the first operator to scrap peak rate calls, introduce a daily discounting tariff and was the first company in the world to introduce an integrated MP3 mobile phone.
In the UK, Virgin Mobile phones are available direct on 0845 6000 600; on the web at www.virgin.com/mobile; or on the High Street at over 4,500 outlets including Virgin Megastore, Our Price, V SHOP, Sainsbury, Tesco, WHSmith, Iceland, Co-op, Asda, Somerfield, John Lewis, Littlewoods and Morrisons.
