Cricket will start to test the first installment of its 4G LTE network in Tucson, Arizona, the carrier confirmed in a recent interview with PCMag. Cricket’s vice president of device development, Matt Stoiber, said testing will begin during the second half of this year and that it will use Huawei’s E397 dual-mode USB modem preliminarily. The company has inked a roaming deal with LightSquared and has set a March 2012 target date for the first commercial LTE products to become available for its custo...

Value-driven wireless provider Cricket has announced a new, unlimited mobile calling plan that has a bit of a musical twist. The new plan will offer unlimited calling, text messaging, and data, and include unlimited music downloads. Customers, using the company’s Muve Music service, will be able to download full music tracks from labels such as Universal, Warner, Sony, and EMI; users will also have unlimited access to ringtones and ringback tones.“Cricket was the first to introduce an unlimited wirele...

There’s nothing like starting a carrier flame-war to get you through the rest of the week is there? PC Mag has just finished a mobile broadband study pitting the data rates of U.S. carriers AT&T, Cricket, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Sprint 3G and Sprint 4G against one another. Now, before we all get hot under the collar, the study parameters clearly state: We didn’t test voice quality, dropped calls or coverage areas; while those are very important measurements, these tests were all about mobi...

We got our hands on a slide deck showcasing Cricket’s 2010 device lineup and the document is chock full of devices, details, pricing, and tentative launch dates. The handset highlights include:Kyocera/Sanyo ZIO (M6000)Target July 2010MSRP $299.99Android-powered touchscreen handset with 3.5 inch WVGA TFT display, Wi-Fi, 3.2 MP camera with videoRIM BlackBerry Curve (8530)Target August 2010MSRP $349.99BlackBerry handset with WiFi, 2MP camera with video, QWERTY keyboard, EV-DO, A2DPSamsung r710Target Q4 201...

Starting today, Cricket customers can get their hands on the Motorola Evoke QA4, Cricket’s first full touchscreen handset. The Evoke will be a sweet addition to Cricket’s lineup and will feature:CDMA 800/1900/1700/2100, 1900MHz and 2100MHz EVDO Rev. A2.8-inch WQVGA 240×400 touchscreen display2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom256MB Internal storage, microSD expansionGPSBluetoothWidget-Based, customizable home screenMySpace, YouTube and Picasa integrationFull HTML browserCentralized & conv...

Fresh off the bus to unlimitedsville, the Nokia 3606 has just been officially announced for Cricket. The small up and coming carrier doing battle with the likes of MetroPCS definitely has the goods when it comes to rates, with unlimited voice plans starting at $30 per month and unlimited everything plans starting at $50 per month. As is often the case with the ‘little guys’ however, Cricket is definitely lacking when it comes to handsets. We’re not sure the 3606 adds much value to the carrie...