The technology keeps on advancing step by step, and it brings happy news for all those who are Gizmo buffs.

To add more to their existing range, Virgin Mobile has launched yet another phone, ‘vGlide’, in the Indian market.

Targeting Indian youth, the slider phone has dimensions of 47.5mm X 99mm X 14.8mm.

The phone, which comes in a paprika red color with soft-touch finish, sports a 65k color, 1.8-inch large screen, and includes FM radio, speaker phone and games among other amazing features.

Moreover, it also bundles up games, speaker phone, travel charger and stereo headset.

Mr. M A Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India, stated, “Mobile phone is a lifestyle device for youth and has become an extension of their personality and entertainment requirements. Keeping this in mind, we have introduced vGlide, the first CDMA handset in India with the slider form factor in the sub Rs. 2,500/- category.”

“Besides offering the most wanted ‘sliding feature’ vGlide is stylish, matches the attitudinal needs of youth, is feature rich, and affordable,”

The Virgin vGlide is offered under a bundled plan carrying lifetime validity and a starter user kit worth Rs 499 that offers prepaid connection, lifetime incoming validity, 499 local minutes for free as well as 499 free local SMSes having validity for 60 days.

The new member in the Virgin family is a blend of competitive pricing, style plus features.

The phone lets users’ one touch access to Vbytes, Virgin Mobile's data portal, from where they can download wallpapers, ringtones, games, Tring Tunes (Virgin Mobile's ringback tones) at a simple daily charge of just Rs 5.

The Virgin Mobile handsets comes with some notable offers including Get Paid for Incoming, New 50 paise STD local, SMS 123 and the innovative Thank God it’s Weekend that permits users enjoy 100 free local SMSs plus local mobile calls at 30 paise from Friday to Sunday at just Rs. 18.

The ‘vGlide’ is available at a price of just Rs 2,399.