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.