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RadioShack and Cricket Partner on New Wireless Service

Sep 4, 2012, 8:50 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Sep 4, 2012, 12:19 PM

RadioShack today announced its own, branded prepaid wireless service that will run on Cricket Wireless's network. RadioShack No-Contract Wireless service will be available starting September 5 at RadioShack stores, and includes several smartphones, a feature phone, and services such as Cricket's Muve Music. The Huawei Pillar feature phone and the Huawei Mercury Ice smartphone will both be available this week, with two more devices to follow by the end of the month. The Mercury Ice (a white-colored Huawei Mercury) is a RadioShack exclusive and costs $149.99. Service plans mirror those of Cricket Wireless. They start at $25 per month and range up to $60 per month, depending on features and services.

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Huawei Mercury Touches Down in Cricket's Lineup

Dec 19, 2011
Cricket Communications today announced the addition of the Huawei Mercury to its roster of Android smartphones. The Mercury in driven by a 1.4GHz processor and includes a 4-inch FWVGA touch display; 8-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash, and HD video capture; a VGA user-facing camera; and Wi-Fi, Stereo Bluetooth, and mobile hotpot for up to five other devices.

Huawei Mercury Gains Access to Cricket's Muve Music

Apr 5, 2012
Cricket Communications today announced that owners of the Huawei Mercury can now use the Muve Music service. Customers wishing to use Muve Music will need to update to the Muve Music plan, which offers music downloads, ringtones, and ringback tones, as well as unlimited messaging, unlimited 3G data, unlimited mobile video, and nationwide voice for $65 per month.

Leap Wireless Turns to 1X Advanced

Jan 10, 2012
Leap Wireless has quietly begun using CDMA 1X Advanced networking technology in select portions of its network in order to more efficiently handle voice traffic. Leap confirmed that the Huawei Mercury, which went on sale in December, is its first device capable of using CDMA 1X Advanced technology, and that the carrier plans to offer more CDMA 1X Advanced devices during the course of 2012.

Huawei Pillar

2" display 320 x 240 pixels
QSC6055 processor
900 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

Huawei Mercury

4" display 480 x 854 pixels
Snapdragon S2 MSM8655 processor 0.5 GB RAM
1,900 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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Sep 4, 2012, 12:51 PM

Verizon

If this was on Verizon's network, this would be news. But Cricket's? This will be out of business in a year.

johnhr2

Verizon is very stingy with its network and so is AT&T. Sprint and a lot of regional carriers are more open with their network to help bring in more revenue. Verizon along with AT&T do not open their networks up like Cricket and Sprint do because they...
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