Android News: Zio Coming to Cricket – Reservations Taken

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It's about time that a low-cost all you can get prepaid carrier offers an Android smartphone. The Kyocera  Zio M6000 was revealed at CTIA earlier this year. The Cricket website is now taking reservations for the Zio and offering free overnight shipping coupons.

It may be the first Android phone to come to a prepaid low-cost carrier, Cricket.  The tri-band CDMA EVDO Rev.handset has Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth and GPS, 3.5-inch screen and 3.2 megapixel camera with video capture at 30 frames per second.

Other features include a digital compass, accelerometer, and support for microSD cards. No price has been shown yet for the Kyocera Zio,   It has been suggested the the Android Kyocera Zio would cost between $169 and $219.

Cricket's new national service plans start at $30 and all plans offer unlimited nationwide talk. Other service plans at $40, $50 and $60 offer additional features including unlimited text, picture and video messaging; mobile Web, navigation, mobile video entertainment and 411 capabilities.

For customers choosing service plans of $40 or more, Cricket now offers unlimited international long distance calling to landlines in select cities and towns in more than 100 countries (including unlimited calls to landlines in Mexico) and unlimited text messages to Mexico for an additional $15 a month.


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