Archive for the ‘Cricket & Leap’ Category

Cricket has announced the forthcoming launch of the LG Helix entry-level clamshell, the first LG handset with CDMA AWS band support.
The Helix features AWS CDMA support, a 2.0 inch internal color display and an external display, 1.3 megapixel camera, Voice Clarity, which improves speech intelligibility and automatically adjusts hearing level when receiving or sending calls [...]

Leap Wireless, parent company of the Cricket flat-rate service has announced forthcoming availability of its Cricket PayGo prepaid service in 650 Target locations within Cricket service areas starting on Sunday, October 4.
Cricket PAYGo service consists of plans that cost $1, $2 or $3 per day depending on which features are used and include taxes [...]

Cricket has announced that it has revamped its plans ahead of its retail sales expansion via four new national retailers with the new plans to be offered exclusively via the yet unannounced retailers covering 3,500 new sales locations.
The new all-inclusive $40 and $45 plans will be available only through these mass merchants with the new [...]

Following up on the MetroPCS launch, Cricket Wireless has launched its version of the Samsung Messager II messaging/multimedia phone.
Like the MetroPCS version, the Messager II features a redesigned bodyshell, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, triband CDMA support for roaming, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder along with speakerphone, media player, sliding QWERTY keyboard, QVGA display, [...]

Following up on the online launch of the PCD TXTM8 last week, corporate parent Leap Wireless has announced the retail launch of the messaging phone.
The TXTM8 feature set is identical to the Blitz with a 2.2 inch display, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSDHC expansion slot, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and speakerphone with Cricket’s [...]

Cricket has launched its variant of the PCD TXT8010 slider messaging phone in the TXTM8. The TXT8010 was originally launched as the Verizon Blitz earlier this year.
The TXTM8 feature set is identical to the Blitz with a 2.2 inch display, QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSDHC expansion slot, Bluetooth with stereo audio support, and [...]

Leap Wireless has announced that it has expanded its Cricket flat-rate wireless service to Washington D.C., the Baltimore, Maryland metro area and connected suburbs/travel routes expanding its regional coverage footprint by 7.2 million customers and 91 million total customers across 4,810 square miles.
Cricket will also open 13 retail store locations in Washington, D.C. and 8 [...]

Following up on the listing in May, Cricket has launched the Motorola Evoke QA4.
The phone features a WQVGA resolution touchscreen display, a Linux based operating system, triband CDMA access with EVDO data, HTML browser, microSDHC expansion slot, media player, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, GPS support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support and speakerphone.
Pricing for [...]

Cricket has opened a product page for its version of the Motorola Evoke QA4 multimedia slider.
The phone features a WQVGA resolution touchscreen display, a Linux based operating system, triband CDMA access with EVDO data, HTML browser, microSDHC expansion slot, media player, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, GPS support, Bluetooth with stereo audio support and [...]

According to comments made by Boost CEO Matt Carter while speaking to Reuters, the division plans to open 50 dedicated Boost Mobile retail locations across 10 cities which include New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Atlanta with its retail partners by the end of the year on top of the three existing locations in Los Angeles, [...]