Isaiah's Tech

Cricket looks like they're planning to launch a bunch of new phones to make their line-up a bit stronger. This includes the Kyocera Zio M6000 and the BlackBerry Curve 8530. The Kyocera Zio was announced last week so we know that it features a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen display, WiFi / GPS support, a 3.2MP camera, and Android 2.1. This handset will be available this July for $299 contract-free. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 will be available for $349.99 sometime in August.

Cricket will be launching a couple of other phones as well and this includes the Samsung r710 which will launch in Q4 of this year. This handset will pack a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, Streo Bluetooth, EV-DO connectivity, and a 3MP camera. This handset will be available for $249.99. The Samsung r631 will be available in Q3 of this year for $199.99. This handset will pack a touchscreen display along with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Stereo Bluetooth and a 2MP camera. The Kyocera RIO E3100 will launch in November for $159.99. It'll feature a 2.8-inch touchscreen QVGA display, a microSD card slot, and a 1.3MP camera. The Cricket TXTM8 3G A410 will be launching this September for $159.99 and it'll pack EV-DO connectivity, a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 2MP camera, a microSD card slot, and a QWERTY keypad. The Cricket MSGM8 II will launch this April for $139.99 and will feature a QWERTY keypad with a 176 x 220 resolution display, Bluetooth support, and a 1.3MP camera. The Cricket CAPT II will be launching in July for $129.99 and it's a basic flip phone with a VGA camera.

Along with all of these new phones, Cricket will also be launching the A605 USB stick, the Huawei EC5808 MiFi, and a ZTE modem.

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