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Huawei Honor Spotted at FCC, Possibly Headed to AT&T

Huawei Honor is among the first Android smartphones to receive the Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade. The Chinese handset manufacturer already released a demo of the Android 4.0 ROM for the Huawei Honor earlier this year, and even confirmed that the phone was delivered with ICS on board in China.   The handset has alre...

2 February 2012
15:01 GMT

Cricket Lights Up Its First 4G LTE Network in Arizona

Cricket has just announced its first 4G LTE services are now commercially available in Tucson, Arizona. The carrier’s move marks the start of its multi-year transition to 4G LTE network. Although the services will be available only in Tucson at launch the carrier confirmed that further expansion is planned...

21 December 2011
16:01 GMT

ZTE Chorus with Muve Music Now Available at Cricket

Cricket has just announced yet another Muve Music Android smartphone, the ZTE Chorus which is now available for a suggested retail price of $119.99 (90 EUR) with a new two-year agreement. However, Cricket offers an excellent deal on the ZTE Chorus, which will be available for as low as $39.99 (30 EUR), for a lim...

23 November 2011
15:01 GMT

Cricket Announces New Unlimited International Calling Plans

Leap Wireless' wholly-owned carrier, Cricket has just announced the upcoming availability of two new unlimited international calling plans, a Mexico rate plan and a global rate plan.Cricket customers who want to subscribe to any of the two plans should know that they will get unlimited local talk and US long dis...

7 November 2011
20:01 GMT

ZTE Memo Arrives at Cricket for $100 (72 EUR)

After introducing the Samsung Transfix Android budget-friendly smartphphone a few weeks back, Cricket has just announced the availability of a bar messaging feature-phone, the ZTE Memo.It looks like Cricket has a longtime partnership with ZTE, as the carrier offers a wide range of devices manufactured by the Chinese ...

23 October 2011
03:15 GMT

Cricket Debuts Samsung Transfix Android Phone for $180

Samsung Transfix leaked for the first time last month, when a screenshot of an internal Cricket training site emerged.However, it took Cricket a bit more than one month to introduce the budget friendly Android smartphone.Samsung Transfix is now available for purchase for a suggested retail price of $179.99 (about 132...

11 October 2011
14:01 GMT

Huawei Honor Visits FCC, Heading to Cricket as Huawei Glory

Although this is the first time that Huawei Honor pays a visit to FCC (Federal Communication Commission), the smartphone comes with CDMA network support, something that wasn't mentioned initially.Documents filed at FCC indicate that the Huawei Honor, dubbed as M886, features CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 support, which...

6 October 2011
05:56 GMT

Cricket and Best Buy Team Up to Offer Muve Music Service and New Handsets

Cricket and Best Buy have just announced a new partnership that will bring the carrier's Muve Music service and new handsets to major retailer's customers.Under agreement, the Muve Music and new, all-inclusive Cricket monthly voice products will be available in more than 1,300 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile s...

26 September 2011
11:36 GMT

ZTE Score Hits Cricket with Unlimited Muve Music Service

Cricket is back with yet another Android smartphone that supports the unlimited Muve Music service, the ZTE Score. This is the third handset that is delivered with Cricket's music service and the second Android phone to feature the said service.Launched back in March, Samsung Suede was the first phone to be full...

26 September 2011
02:35 GMT

Samsung Vitality En-Route to Cricket with Muve Music

Wireless carrier Cricket is on its way to bring to the market a new mobile phone that would offer support for their Muve Music, one that would be manufactured by Samsung, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest. Called Samsung Vitality, the new mobile phone is reportedly similar with the Samsung Admire h...

30 August 2011
10:23 GMT

Cricket Prepares for Hurricane Irene, Offers Users Tips from FEMA

Cricket has just informed its customers that is preparing for the upcoming Hurricane Irene, which is supposed to hit United State's East Coast sometime late tomorrow.According to Cricket, storm-related effects of Hurricane Irene might occur along its expected path, including possible power outages, flooding and ...

26 August 2011
13:31 GMT

Cricket Debuts Samsung Comment Messaging Phone, Priced at $90

Cricket has just announced the availability of yet another feature-phone, the Samsung Comment. Customers can purchase the handset at a suggested retail price of $89.99 plus tax, from all Cricket branded retail stores, dealers and online.Also known as Samsung SCH-r380, the Samsung Comment comes with a portrait QWERTY ...

24 August 2011
16:01 GMT

Muve Music Service Now Available in All Cricket Markets

Cricket has recently announced that the Muve Music is now available for purchase in all Cricket markets. Demoed at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, back in January, the Muve Music service was officially announced on December 20, 2010. Although the carrier stated that it would gradually roll out the music servic...

3 May 2011
12:31 GMT

Cricket Teams Up with LightSquared to Offer 4G LTE Roaming

Cricket and LightSquared, a company specialized in integrated wireless broadband and satellite networks, have signed an agreement to supplement the LTE coverage that carriers plan to deploy in the next few years with a LTE roaming service. The carrier hinted to this turn of events, during CTIA 2011 when it revealed p...

23 March 2011
14:31 GMT

CTIA 2011: Samsung Indulge and Huawei Ascend 2 Heading to Cricket

Regional carrier Cricket is teasing with two new handsets showcased at the 2011 CTIA Wireless, which are expected to become available in the second quarter: Huawei Ascend 2 and Samsung Indulge. Both Android smartphones were shown at a press event and have been tagged by the company as “coming very soon.&rdqu...

23 March 2011
08:30 GMT

LG Optimus C Coming Soon at Cricket (US)

The LG Optimus One smartphone seems to be the Korean's manufacturer most popular globetrotter, as the device has registered record sales through multiple carriers around the world. Cricket is one of the very few carriers left that are still not carrying the low-budget device. However, this is about to change...

15 March 2011
06:28 GMT

Fake World Cup Ticket Scam Targets Cricket Fans

Security researchers from Symantec warn that fake ticket scams capitalizing on the huge interest into the upcoming Cricket World Cup have already been spotted online.The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will start on February 19 and will be co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.The Cricket World Cup is considered th...

9 February 2011
06:54 GMT

Cricket Music Muve Rate Plan Now Available in Las Vegas

Cricket customers living in Las Vegas will now be able to take advantage of the carrier's Music Muve rate plan, one of the first wireless rate plans to include unlimited music downloads, specifically designed for mobile phones. Starting this week customers in Las Vegas can purchase the Muve Music unlimited wirel...

26 January 2011
13:31 GMT

Samsung Launches Suede (SCH-r710) at Cricket

Today, mobile phone maker Samsung has announced the release of a new mobile phone on the market in the United States, the Samsung Suede (SCH-r710), the firm mobile phone to arrive in the country with the new Cricket Muve Music service.According to the company, the mobile phone is expected to become available for pur...

20 December 2010
13:01 GMT

Cricket Launches Monthly Plan with Unlimited Music

Mobile phone carrier Cricket Communications Inc., has just announced the launch of a new wireless monthly plan for its customers, one that brings them unlimited music straight on their handsets.The wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. is the first wireless carrier in the United States to have...

20 December 2010
12:21 GMT

Cricket Launches Kyocera RIO

A new mobile phone was made available for purchase at Cricket Communications Inc., namely the Kyocera RIO, developed by Kyocera Communications Inc., provider of Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded wireless devices.The new phone is meant to show that the wireless carrier is committed to offering cost-conscious but high-functi...

19 November 2010
06:14 GMT

BlackBerry Curve 8530 Now Available at Cricket

Today, mobile phone carrier Cricket Communications Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., announced the launch of a new device on its airwaves, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM). According to the company, the new device comes to its customers with full ...

6 August 2010
11:12 GMT

Motorola WX404 Approved by FCC

A new Motorola featurephone has been caught in the wild on the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) website, tagged Motorola WX404. The handset features a full QWERTY keyboard, an optical trackpad and is running on Qualcomm's BREW platform. This is supposed to be a low-budget device, and should target “...

22 July 2010
11:44 GMT

Brisbane Creative Assembly Studio Moves from Total War to Sports

It seems that Creative Assembly, the studio behind the long-running Total War series of history based strategy titles, is planning to create a sports title for publisher SEGA. The Brisbane team has posted a job listing which talks about a next generation sports title that is under development, with the team needing a...

20 May 2010
05:41 GMT

Cricket Announces New Navigation Solution

Today, leading provider of unlimited wireless services Cricket Communications, Inc. announced the launch of new premium voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation solution for its users, namely Cricket Navigator. According to the company, the new Cricket Navigator offers not only core navigation features, but also provide...

20 April 2010
10:50 GMT

LG HELiX Now Available on Cricket

Wireless carrier Cricket Communications, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., recently announced the launch of LG HELiX, a compact and stylish handset from LG Mobile Phones. According to the operator, the release of this device marks the reintroduction of LG into Cricket's handse...

29 October 2009
03:24 GMT

Samsung MyShot II Now Available on Cricket

Cricket Communication has recently announced the release of yet another nice-looking device to its customers, the Samsung r460 MyShot II, which comes in a flip form factor, and also sports a sleek black and maroon finish, while being able to deliver a nice range of already popular multimedia options. According to th...

15 June 2009
02:42 GMT

Cricket Intros Motorola Evoke QA4

Cricket Communications, Inc., the subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., announced on Thursday the launch of the Motorola Evoke QA4 on its airwaves. The new handset comes with a 2.8-inch full touch-screen display and can offer users the possibility to stay connected at all times through its texting capabili...

12 June 2009
02:36 GMT

Peter Moore Talks About Downloadable Madden, Cricket Games

Peter Moore is now the soul of EA Sports. He's very active in talking about the developments at his company and also interested in laying out a vision related to gaming in general and to the sports simulation in particular. Recently he said, again, that the future of games distribution lied with digital download...

6 May 2009
08:40 GMT

The Largest Working Phone in the World Unveiled in Chicago

Cricket and Samsung Mobile have unveiled the largest working phone in the world on Wednesday, March 11 in Pioneer Court in downtown Chicago. The two leading companies came on display with a working replica of the Samsung Messager phone.The device unveiled by the two in Chicago is around 15 feet long, 13 feet high, an...

13 March 2009
08:02 GMT

Cricket PAYGo Service Launched in the US

Leap Wireless, owner of Cricket, one of North America's most known regional mobile carriers, announced today the introduction of Cricket PAYGo presented as a non-stop and unlimited prepaid wireless service.With this daily pay-as-you-go offering, Cricket's users can enjoy the benefits of traditional pre-paid...

2 October 2008
15:41 GMT

MetroPCS and Leap Wireless Are Sharing Wireless Spectrum

Today, Leap Wireless and MetroPCS have announced that they have reached a national roaming agreement regarding the exchange of wireless spectrum across their US networks. In consequence, subscribers of MetroPCS and those of Leap's subsidiaries – Cricket and Jump Mobile – will be able to use their han...

29 September 2008
09:45 GMT

Cricket Launched a New Mobile Video Service – $5 Per Month

Cricket Communications, subsidiary of Leap Wireless and North America's tenth largest mobile operator, has announced the availability of a new video service for its subscribers. Simply called “Mobile Video,” the flat-rate unlimited service will offer users video clips (from one to four minutes in len...

29 August 2008
10:05 GMT

Samsung Messager Now from Cricket

Only a few days from its release via MetroPCS, Samsung Messager, the new and affordable QWERTY handset, has been launched by Cricket. The Messager is available as of today on Cricket's official website and in its stores, for the same retail price that MetroPCS is offering it, namely $199.99. The good news for Cr...

12 August 2008
08:56 GMT

Samsung Spex and Samsung MyShot Rocking on Cricket's AWS Network

Cricket Communication, one of the not-so-big US mobile carriers, offers from now on two fresh Samsung handsets: Samsung MyShot and Samsung Spex, both running on the operator's new CDMA AWS (Advanced Wireless Service) network. Samsung MyShot is an entry-level clamshell that packs basic but useful features a...

28 March 2008
06:45 GMT

The First CDMA AWS Mobile Phone Comes From Cricket

Cricket Communications, a US provider of unlimited wireless services, unveiled the first CDMA AWS mobile phone for the American market, the UTStarcom CDM7126. The phone is created to work on the new AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum band, which basically means that besides supporting 850 and 1900 MHz CDMA net...

10 March 2008
07:04 GMT

Cricket for One and All from Google

All right, old chaps! Time to gather round ye old Internet and jot down the scores ye find there, be it that you will not miss one single run. Or, however they might have said it back in the days, I wasn't there to listen to it, so I'm just guessing.This is a 20 percent project, meaning that it has been wo...

21 December 2007
03:12 GMT

New Realistic Mobile Game from India

India's first mobile and on-line game developer and publisher, Indiagames, announced the launching of a new game for mobile phones, Cricket 20:20, presented as the most realistic and advanced cricket game ever made. Cricket is a very popular sport in countries like India, England and Australia, so the announced ...

25 September 2007
09:46 GMT

Google Wants More Sports for Us

The Mountain View company Google knows it is very important to design a powerful universal search that would be able to display all the results on the SERP. But in the same time, the super giant has to offer all these results in an attractive layout in order to help the consumers read the information. The Sunnyvale r...

13 September 2007
03:43 GMT

Samsung SCH-U340 Arrives at Cricket

Samsung SCH-U340 will be available from now on for Cricket customers too. The entry-level device is meant to provide only the most basic solutions for the user's communication needs, with no consideration for luxury.The clamshell design has proved to be a pretty popular one over the years, which gives one extra ...

22 August 2007
04:37 GMT

Nokia 6275i Available at Cricket

Nokia 6275i will soon be available on a new market, as Cricket customers will also benefit from the performances that this handset has to offer. Its capabilities manage to provide the multimedia technology that people need from their handsets on a daily basis.Nokia 6275i is a slim candy-bar phone, with 17.2 mm in thi...

17 July 2007
10:37 GMT

Cricket Introduces by Week Payment Option

Cricket Communications has recently announced a new way for customers to take advantage of the unlimited features that have become the company's trademark. Aside from the monthly pay cycle, Cricket users will also be able to buy unlimited wireless services through the new Cricket by Week product. Already availab...

26 April 2007
05:37 GMT

Siren by Samsung is Available for Leap Customers

Samsung and Leap Wireless International recently announced the availability of the Siren (SCH-a870), Samsung's debut handset to Cricket customers. The Siren presents a host of popular features in an attractive, flip-style form factor. The compact handset sports a sharp look with a metallic red finish and black a...

18 April 2007
08:29 GMT

YouTube Criticized for Cricket Videos

At this time, YouTube is surely the single service that is continuously present in the court because Google is really assaulted with a huge number of copyright complaints. Today, new accusations for copyright infringement are launched against the video service after YouTube published numerous videos from the Cricket ...

27 March 2007
09:30 GMT

Join the World Cup Fun with Google

A few days ago, Google launched a new web page and even if the company didn't present the site, it was obvious it was created to celebrate the upcoming cricket event. As I said at that time, the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup will take place in the West Indies from March 13 to April 28 and will introduce 51 matches ...

14 March 2007
04:42 GMT

Google Joins the Cricket World Cup

Google tries to get more involved into the sports area as the company announced today a new page especially designed for the upcoming Cricket World Cup. This year, the competition will take place in West Indies and will start on March 13. Under the "Join in the World Cup excitement" title, the website promotes some G...

12 March 2007
07:35 GMT

Gameloft Announces Kevin Pietersen Pro Cricket 2007

Gameloft, one of the leading publishers and developers of video games for mobile phones, has announced this week their confirmation that they have signed the world famous Cricketer Kevin Pietersen in conjunction with their upcoming mobile game release Kevin Pietersen Pro Cricket 2007. This latest signing is extremel...

9 March 2007
10:35 GMT

Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 - Unlockables (Xbox 360)

The new title follows the 2005 revival of the series, which became the first cricket title to ever make Number 1 in the Chart Track's All Formats UK best-seller list. The game won over an army of fans thanks to its authentic and hugely entertaining gameplay and held a 4-week run as the UK's number one best-...

2 March 2007
03:32 GMT


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