May 30, 2006

Earn Cellphone Minutes by Watching Ads

logo_mainnav.gif With the cost of mobile phone calls already dropping sharply, Virgin Mobile USA plans to announce a way that people can talk for no money at all - by watching ads, according to the
NY Times.

"The program, called "SugarMama", lets people earn one minute of talking time by watching 30-second commercials on a computer or receiving text messages on their phones, then answering questions to prove they were, in fact, paying attention.

The company says that the program, scheduled to be available on June 14, is the first ad-supported cellphone service in the United States."