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Cricket Communications unveiled a new version of its popular Muve Music application used to access the carrier’s all-you-can-eat music downloads service. The application has been revamped from the ground up, featuring faster performance and a new UI that allows for even easier exploration of music and improved navigation. For instance, users will now have immediate…
Regional carrier Cricket Wireless will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Admire 2 and the Galaxy Discover starting on July 21st, available off-contract at affordable prices. Both of the devices will be available with Cricket’s 3G all-inclusive smartphone plans, which start at $50 a month, and top out at $70 a month. Both untis will offer…
AT&T has acquired Leap Wireless for a sum of $1.19 billion in cash today. Leap Wireless, which is also known as Cricket is a gigantic telecommunications company in the U.S., with over five million subscribers. AT&T is buying Leap Wireless shares for $15 per share, which totals $1.19 billion. Along with Leap Wireless’ spectrum, AT&T…
Cricket Wireless is running a special deal that includes $200 off select Android smartphones via mail-in rebate. Yup, the hot-new Samsung Galaxy S4 is included in this deal, and so is Galaxy S III and HTC One SV. Once this discount is applied, you’ll end up paying just $329.99 for the Galaxy S4, $179.99 for…
The hot-new Samsung Galaxy S4 is now available in black and white for pre-order at Cricket Wireless. The carrier’s “version” costs more upfront but requires no long-term commitments whatsoever. With instant discount for online orders of $70 and with a $55 mail-in rebate, Sammy’s flagship smartphone comes down to $474.99, and you get a free…
Cricket is not only adding the Samsung Galaxy S4 to its portfolio, but also two other Android smartphones made by the Korean company – Galaxy Admire 2 and Galaxy Discover. The former is already available through US Cellular which is selling it under the name of Galaxy Axiom. It’s an Android 4.1 device with a…
Cricket has announced that it will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S 4 phone on June 7th. This is big news for those who want the phone but don’t want to get in a two-year commitment with the one of the major four wireless providers. Although Cricket is coming to the GS4 party a bit…
T-Mobile is making a big to-do about its no-contract plans, but prepaid carriers like Cricket have been offering contract-free phones for years. To up the ante in the no-contract marketplace, Cricket introduced a new family bundle and is lowering the price on its iPhone plan. Cricket’s new family plan lets you add two smartphones to…
Cricket is adding another affordable Android smartphone to its offering – Engage LT. Available for $199.99 sans any long-term commitments, it comes with a 4-inch WVGA screen, 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 3.2-megapixel camera, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, 1900mAh battery, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (rather than 4.1 Jelly Bean) is running the show.…
Leap Wireless confirmed in a SEC filing earlier this week that it is struggling to sell its allotment of iPhones. If sales don’t pick up, the company could be stuck with $100M in unsold iPhones by the end of the year and $150M by mid-2014. The wireless company started selling the iPhone in June 2012…