We know Huawei has its bad reputation, but they have been improving their game lately. The Huawei Honor is one of their latest devices, and it has just passed through the FCC with AT&T bands. This device is currently available for Cricket (CDMA), but we have not seen another version of it hit the US. [...]
4G LTE is all the rage theses days and carriers are all chomping at the bit to get a slice of the action. While we have been noticing the bigger name carriers advance and expand their current LTE markets, Cricket today has only just flipped the switch for the first time. For those of you [...]
Those of you on Cricket will be happy to know that the budget carrier has launched their 4G LTE network today. Most of you probably won’t be drenched in 4G goodness as they’ve only launched in one market starting out Tucson, AZ. And they don’t even have phones to take advantage of the network right [...]
T-Mobile recently announced they would be carrying the HTC Widfire S, and it just passed the FCC, so expect it to launch soon. We also reported that it will hit US Cellular in October, and it is likely to hit Cricket, MetroPCS, and Virgin Mobile. Visit TalkAndroid for android news, android guides, and much more! [...]
Cricket has announced that it will be carrying the Huawei Ascend II, the followup to the budget smartphone launched last October on the no-commitment network. The Android 2.3 Ascend II features a 3.5-inch display, 600HMz CPU, and 5MP camera all for the off-contract price of 9.99. If you act now, a web-only offer is available [...]
Are we having issues sending text messages from our Sprint powered phone this afternoon- Don’t worry because you are not alone, apparently the network is currently down and Sprint is working diligently to get it back up and running. We have received plenty of complaints regarding this issue and if you head to @SprintCare they [...]
Leap Wireless, the company that owns the Cricket brand is back in action after a slow 2010. A two-quarter drop off the map was followed by a resounding 4th quarter in 2010, when 400,000 of its Android devices were sold. The company itself is lining up some exciting offers for 2011, hoping to “leap” with [...]
At CTIA Cricket (which is a regional based carrier) showed off two new phones that will be coming to its lineup in the second quarter. First is the Samsung Indulge (pictured above) which is a full QWERTY slide out keyboard phone that runs off of Android 2.2 with a HVGA style screen. It will launch [...]
I think it’s great when Android phones launch without a contract for less than $200. This happened recently with Cricket Wireless, and the Huawei Ascend. This phone was $129 for the full price! MetroPCS just followed suit and launched the same phone for $179. It is not the highest spec’ed phone out there, admittedly, being [...]
Cricket Wireless, the regional prepaid phone service, today announced that they to are entering the tablet game. It happened at CES Unveiled in New York, the annual pre-CES event where accredited journalist get to have a sneak peek at what’s going to be seen at the actual CES in Las Vegas Jan 6-9. The tablet [...]
Pre-orders are now being taken for Cricket Wireless’ Huawei Asend. It will set you back $129.99 and will ship on Monday October 18th. With a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7200A CPU and Android 2.1 on board it’s a pretty good offering from a pre-paid carrier. More features are: 3.5 inch HVGA display WiFi QCIF video recording 3.2MP [...]
Cricket is selling their first android phone, the Kyocera Zio online. Some of the features include 3G, wifi, bluetooth, 3.2 camera with with video recording, and a microSD slot. The Zio, unfortunately, will come with Android 1.6 with plans of upgrading. The Zio is priced at $249.99, but if bought on their website, you will [...]
One of the lowest price points we’ve seen on an android phone has been released by Cricket and Sanyo. The Zio is not the superphone like the Droid X or Evo that attracts power users but the low price point may entice entry level android buyers to jump on the bandwagon. At $249 off contract [...]
Cricket Communications is moving from a prepaid, select-market carrier reaching only one-third of the nation to a prepaid national service thanks to a wholesale agreement signed with Sprint today. The five year contract will allow Cricket to market to customers nationwide as a Sprint MNVO. Much like the agreements Sprint has with Virgin Mobile and [...]
Cricket announced the Kyocera Zio last week, with the launching of a site for it. Now in the press release at the bottom of this article they mention a new Huawei android phone. The Kyocera Zio is on the lower end of the Android phone spectrum but still sports a 3.5-inch screen (WVGA), 3.2MP camera, [...]
Cricket Wireless just put up the pre-sale page for their first Android phone, the Kyocera Zio, and our sources tell us the device will go on sale August 15 with a special $55 unlimited rate plan. The Zio is an entry-level Android phone and it features a 3.5-inch WVGA display, 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, [...]
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