PRE PAID CELL PHONES FIND A NEW MARKET
By Leslie Brooks Suzukamo

Kristen Moe, age 16, is savoring her prepaid cell phone and is the envy of her peers.

"It's a really cool phone," said Moe, of St. Paul, Minn. "All my friends admire it because it slides and stuff."

Her Virgin Mobile "MTV Edition" phone slides open instead of flips. It lets Moe download MTV-only ring tones, including a song from rap artist 50 Cent. And she sometimes uses it to surreptitiously play games or send text messages to her friends during class.

"Everyone's doing it," she said.

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