Virgin Mobile is officially dipping its toes into smartphone water with its latest offering, the
Kyocera Wild Card. Of course, how deep into that particular pool both companies are going is a question for the ages. The Wild Card isn't exactly the most robust phone you'll ever get your hands on, though the flip-phone does offer a QWERTY keypad, dual screens, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth integration, and a WAP browser. The hitch is that you'll have to view that browser on a 128 x 160 screen, which is painfully, embarrassingly small -- though they do throw in Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man to keep you distracted. Hey, for a price point of $99, you could do way, way worse. The phone is available now from your friendly neighborhood Virgin Mobile dealer.
posted Oct 19th 2007 9:53AM
Looks like it could have been a nice phone if it wasn't for that tiny display.
Reminds me of the ENV, which also has a disappointingly small inner screen.
Wild Card phone sucks. I bought it at BestBuy today and I will be returning it tomorrow. Tiny display (screen so small Pacman looks like a pellet himself.lol), no transflash memory, no music player and camera is horrible quality for a 1.3 megapixel. All in all I don't recommend anyone buying this phone. The slider sonic is still the best out of virgin mobile phones in my opinion; eventhough it doesn't have bluetooth technology. Hopefully VM will have Motorola phones in the near future because Kyocera is leaps behind competition.