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Yes, you read that title correctly. We’ll go ahead and admit that this one slipped under our radar; hopefully you don’t mind, and put those pitch forks away. We will also admit that we’re a bit mystified that, for the second time in a row, Virgin Mobile has been

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Yes, you read that title correctly. We’ll go ahead and admit that this one slipped under our radar; hopefully you don’t mind, and put those pitch forks away. We will also admit that we’re a bit mystified that, for the second time in a row, Virgin Mobile has been given the go ahead to launch a high-profile device before its parent company, Bell Mobility. Yes, it happened with the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, and now MobileSyrup is reporting that, starting today, the Legend will launch for the smaller wireless carrier.





The Legend from HTC is an Android-powered handset. For all intents and purposes, it’s the big brother to the HTC Hero that launched last year. While the Hero was the flagship device showcasing Android 1.5, there’s nothing all that spectacular about the Legend. Yes, it does have an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, but at only 3.2-inches, it just doesn’t seem to be big enough in today’s smartphone market (funny how quickly things change). There’s a 5MP camera on the back, and a 600MHz Qualcomm processor under the hood.



As for pricing, it looks like it will be .99 on a new, three-year contract. Oddly enough, it doesn’t look like you can get the device on a new, two-year contract. As for out-right pricing, you can buy it without a contract for 9.99, which isn’t bad at all. If anyone’s up there in the Great North and can stop into their Virgin Mobile brick-and-mortar location, let us know if you can pick up your HTC Legend today or not. If you’re interested, check out the video below of SlashGear’s review of the device. They liked it, so that counts for quite a bit in our book.

[via MobileSyrup]

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