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Boost Mobile stays committed to the Hispanic community by extending partnership with Chivas de Guadalajara

Dusan Belic — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:11:36 +0000

Boost Mobile is continuing its partnership with Mexico’s Club Deportivo Guadalajara (CD Guadalajara), the world-renowned soccer team known as Chivas, as the official wireless sponsor of its U.S. tour games. The partnership was secured by Soccer United Marketing, CD Guadalajara’s commercial agent in the United States.

Under the deal, Boost will continue to have onsite presence at U.S. tour games and work with CD Guadalajara goalkeeper Luís Ernesto Michel as a Boost Mobile ambassador. The sponsorship will also come to life in Boost Mobile retail stores with Chivas prominently displayed on collateral and merchandising materials.

The carrier has previously sponsored “Chivas Zone,” which is an interactive area with activities, prizes and opportunities for fans to take photos with Chivas players. In addition, brand ambassador Michel and other Chivas players have made appearances at Boost Mobile retails stores, and similar activities will continue in 2012.

At the end of the press release, Boost reminds us that its $10 International Connect Plus add-on now offers greatly reduced mobile and landline rates to more than 200 destinations, including $0.15 a minute to mobile lines in Mexico…

LG Marquee will be available from Boost Mobile on January 23 for $279.99

Dusan Belic — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:43:13 +0000

Boost Mobile will start selling the LG Marquee on January 23 for $279.99 (excluding taxes). As you probably know from our previous post on LG’s smartphone, that money gets you a decent Android smartphone that sports a single-core 1GHz processor, 4-inch WVGA Nova display, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, 5-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing one, GPS, 4GB of built-in storage, memory card slot, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread is running the show.

The carrier suggests its no-contract $55 Android Monthly Unlimited plan with the Marquee that comes with unlimited nationwide talk, text messaging, Web, email and calls to 411.

Alongside the new phone, Boost and LG are launching “Party Like a Celebrity” sweepstakes, offering consumers a chance to win two grand prizes, which include a trip to Los Angeles, an LG Marquee with two months of Android Monthly Unlimited no-contract service, a celebrity makeover, and a Hollywood shopping spree…

Leak: LG Optimus Black and Samsung Replenish coming to Boost Mobile

Stefan Constantinescu — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:47:53 +0000

Boost Mobile, one of America’s more popular prepaid operators, is going to offer the LG Optimus Black and Samsung Replenish at some point in 2012 according to press photos that were leaked to PocketNow. They don’t have any specific details as to the the exact release date or pricing, but considering the Optimus Black is going to turn a year old next month, and the Replenish has been out for 18 months already, we can’t imagine either of these two devices being terribly expensive. So are actually any good? The Optimus Black has one thing going for it, it’s insanely thin. Thinner than an iPhone 4/4S at just 9.2 mm. Knowing how Boost Mobile has offered devices in the past, they’re also likely to tell LG to take off as much of their Android customizations as possible, making it as close to stock Android as they can. As for the Replenish, it has a QWERTY keyboard and it’s made out of recycled corn. Something hippies might care about, but that’s about it.

To tell you the truth, you’re better off buying a used smartphone and going with either H2O Wireless or Simple Mobile. Both don’t sell devices, they just sell you a SIM card. So take the Nexus S for example. It’s a fine Android device, just 1 year old, and because it’s a Nexus it’s first in line to get updates to the latest versions of Android. In fact, Google has already started pushing Ice Cream Sandwich to the Nexus S. Know how much it’s going for, used, on Amazon? Just $250, which is $20 more than the highest end phone currently sold by Boost Mobile, the Samsung Transform Ultra. Not only does the Nexus S have a better screen, but it also has a better camera, NFC, and because you’re buying something used you’re essentially recycling hardware that would have otherwise sat in someone’s drawer for years.

[Image at the top of this article is a screenshot from this YouTube video]

Boost Mobile Launches ‘Re-Boost’ Facebook App

Charles West — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:08:57 +0000

Boost Mobile has just hooked-up with Facebook to allow consumers to refill their accounts while chatting it up with buddies. The Re-Boost Facebook app is the first application to be launched by a U.S. mobile carrier that allows customers to add funds directly to their wireless account via Facebook.

Now the even cooler part about this neat app is what it does, not only can you add money to your Boost Mobile account via FB, but you can ask for a Re-Boost gift from your network of friends. Being able to mooch off of your friends for some extra dough to reload your phone is pretty awesome. Other noteworthy features include the following:

Request a Re-Boost gift by sending a customized email to a friend
Send a Re-Boost gift to a fellow Boost Mobile Facebook subscriber
Review the last 10 transactions (Facebook Re-Boost requests and gifts).

This is a unique way of not only interacting with current customers, but potentially gaining new customers, so hats off to Boost Mobile. If you’re a Boost Mobile subscriber out there, you can snatch the Re-Boost app off Facebook by simply entering “Boost” in the search bar and selecting the “Re-Boost” application from the search results.

Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA launch Deployed Military Programs

Dusan Belic — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:37:30 +0000

Sprint-owned Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA are each launching a Deployed Military Program to allow service men and women to keep their accounts and phone numbers intact while deployed overseas. When a customer wants to participate in the program, they simply contact Boost or Virgin Mobile Customer Care and will then be directed to dedicated agents working on this initiative. The account will be identified as requiring no Top-Up or payment during the deployed period, and any automatic payment activity will be removed. The customer will be asked to provide personal contact information as well as additional state-side contacts to receive notification before the end of the Deployed Military period.

The new initiative builds on similar program Sprint has had in place for its postpaid customers since 2003. The company has a strong corporate reputation for working with various branches of the armed services and has been widely recognized for this strong commitment with multiple awards for being a military-friendly employer…