We reported yesterday that Virgin Mobile plans to launch the Shuttle slider and today goes official. The handset follows recent acquisition of Helio and is also first EV-DO device which will support several Helio’s features. The features include Accuweather, ESPN, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Yahoo!, Buddy Beacon and Where, an application delivering local information of near places and things.

The slider has a 2 inches screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, media player, and SD card support. The Shuttle by PCD measures 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches and weighs about 3 ounces. With 235 minutes of talk time and 2 weeks of standby time it comes preloaded with games. The Shuttle will be available on September 28th for under $100.