Virgin Mobile and Kyocera have unveiled the X-TC, a text messaging-oriented slider phone that sports a full QWERTY keyboard and a budget price. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth for listening to music wirelessly, a Web browser, and a built-in media player with dedicated control keys and a microSD slot for sideloading music tracks, according to Phone Scoop.
The X-TC also includes MySpace and Facebook applications preloaded for social networking mavens. Virgin Mobile is pricing the X-TC at $100, which doesn’t sound like a big deal until you consider how you can use it with the carrier’s inexpensive prepaid plans and forgo the usual monthly fees. I reviewed the Kyocera Wild Card in 2007 and found it to be a solid value; it will be interesting to see if the X-TC improves on that design.
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