A new mobile phone is set to be launched by Virgin Mobile USA. The handset is set to be releases in the same time the new Britney Spears tour starts on February 12 – a tour that the company sponsors.

Virgin Mobile USA is the main sponsor of Britney Spear’s new concert tour and in addition they have announced the release of a new handset, the Helio Ocean 2.

Helio Ocean 2 comes with an optical sensor for touchpad style navigation, full HTML browser and it is said to have a dual-slider keyboard. The handset will incorporate a modest 2 megapixel camera and 2GB of internal memory.

It is said that he phone’s main feature is an upgraded Ultimte Inbox that supports threaded text messages and instant messaging. Additional information is unknown, but the phone should be available soon.