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Check out this cool video from Denverpost.com showing some of...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:51:44 -0400

Check out this cool video from Denverpost.com showing some of the important work done by Cricket and Rebuilding Together volunteers at one of the project sites in Denver last week!

Your Man DJ Flexx

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:21:30 -0400

Your Man DJ Flexx

Man respect my wallet!!

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:26:57 -0400

Man respect my wallet!!

Gots to roll player

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:26:57 -0400

Gots to roll player

You Know I Look Good

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:26:56 -0400

You Know I Look Good

Rane has Twitter Followers

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:26:56 -0400

Rane has Twitter Followers

Cricket Wireless Keeps the Spirit Alive with Second Round of Projects for Rebuilding Together

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:32:31 -0400

In April, Cricket Wireless kicked off our 2009 premiere sponsorship of Rebuilding Together with National Rebuilding Day! For those of you who may not be familiar with the organization, Rebuilding Together is the leading national nonprofit group helping low-income homeowners by bringing volunteers and communities together to rehabilitate their homes.

On National Rebuilding Day in April, volunteers and employees from Cricket participated in 19 projects across the country! The teams helped individuals and families by providing badly needed repairs and upgrades to make their homes safer, more energy efficient and accessible.

In keeping the spirit of Rebuilding Together alive throughout the whole year, Cricket is currently working on a second round of projects that began in September and will be taking place through November.

Over the past two weeks teams from Austin, Baltimore and Chicago have already kicked things off by participating in projects helping out with things like:

Roof repairs
Painting
Weather stripping and insulation
Updating landscape
Installation of upgraded smoke detectors

Cricket is also donating a free phone and one year of free service to each individual or family helped by these projects.

The team in Baltimore worked hard to provide some much needed repairs for Mr. and Mrs. Miller (pictured above), an elderly couple who have faced several health challenges over the past few years. The repairs to their home will help them live more safely and independently.

Former Chicago Bears linebacker, Otis Wilson (pictured above), joined the team of Cricket volunteers in Chicago to help out with the heavy lifting at the Brian Piccolo Specialty School.

Throughout the next month, Cricket teams across the country will be taking part in more projects with Rebuilding Together in:

Denver
Philadelphia
San Diego
Kansas City
Houston
San Antonio
Washington, D.C.

By the end of the year, Cricket will have completed 43 projects across 37 cities!

Stay tuned as we continue to post new pictures and info from the projects as they happen!

Cricket One Economy

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:22:24 -0400

Cricket One Economy

Cricket Now Supports Texting on Twitter!

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:02:00 -0400

Out of respect for our customers, Cricket (@Cricketnation) has worked with Twitter to enable Twitter messaging for all its cell phone devices. After several months of listening to customers’ feedback, we knew that being able to Tweet via Cricket cell phones was a very important issue and key feature customers wanted in their devices. Now, everyone can enjoy more of their unlimited text by staying in touch with their followers and friends while tweeting via Cricket anytime they want.

How to use Twitter with your mobile device

To verify your phone, follow these steps:

Log in to Twitter
In the upper right hand navigation bar, click Settings
Click the third settings tab, Devices
Add your phone number, with country code first (+1 is the US country code; a US phone number would look like this: +14153368687)
Wait for the verification code to pop up
Text the verification code to Twitter using the number given in the devices page. US residents should always see 40404- if you see another number, you might’ve added the number in the wrong format.

How do I send direct messages from my phone?

Send a direct message to anyone on Twitter using the direct message command, d + username, like this: d Cricketnation message goes here

Make sure to use the user name (found in the profile URL) and not the real name, or it will post to the public timeline, or go to someone else!

More Twitter phone FAQ can be found here

We respect everyone’s feedback and thank you for all of your patience as we strive to provide the best experience when using your Cricket devices.

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QRIK1323 SingIt

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:35:34 -0400

QRIK1323 SingIt

Cricket Communications: A Great Place to Work!

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:28:00 -0400

Cricket Communications is already known for respecting people’s wallets with their great deals on wireless phones and broadband internet. However, recently Cricket has been making headlines for respecting something other than wallets…..their employees!

Earlier in the year, Cricket Communications was named one of the “Top 100 Companies to Work For” by SaVoy Professional Magazine, which was then followed by the announcement that Cricket was selected as the “#1 Best Place to Work in New York State” for small to medium sized companies.

As further evidence that Cricket really cares about their team members, Nevada Business Magazine has just named Cricket one of the best employers in the state, according to a recent survey.

This honor wasn’t achieved by calculating profits, wages or the amount of people they hire. It was a direct result of the Cricket employees nominating their company for their work with non-profits in the community, commitment to diversity and inclusion, and focus on connecting with employees and customers – yet another example of Cricket Respekt in action!

To read the story from Nevada Business Magazine click here

Are you looking for a job? If you’d like to join the Cricket team check out our current opportunities here.

Cricket Respect

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:18:36 -0400

Cricket Respect

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:18:35 -0400

Cricket Respect

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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:33:15 -0400

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Cricket Ad Spot

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:48:23 -0400

Cricket Ad Spot

Footage from Friday’s Cricket Wireless wallet drop in...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:48:23 -0400

Footage from Friday’s Cricket Wireless wallet drop in Rocky Mount / Wilson, NC

wallet drop park

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:06:19 -0400

wallet drop park

Footage from Cricket Wireless’ first wallet drop in Rocky...

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:37:23 -0400

Footage from Cricket Wireless’ first wallet drop in Rocky Mount, NC

QRIK1309 6 9 Pre LaunchDC TV 30 Kitchen Television Hisp

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:20:34 -0400

QRIK1309 6 9 Pre LaunchDC TV 30 Kitchen Television Hisp

Motorola Evoke, Cricket’s First Touch-Screen Phone, Is Now Available

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:54:00 -0400

Cricket teased Cricket fans with the announcement of the Motorola Evoke™ QA4 back in March. Now we are proud to officially make it available to customers. The Evoke is a feature-packed 2.8” full touch-screen device with both a full touch-screen Qwerty keyboard and slide out traditional numeric keypad.

The Evoke is highly customizable with widgets to provide real-time access to the information that is most important to users, such as Google Web Search™, MySpace, YouTube™, Picasa™, weather forecasts and customizable RSS feeds.* Additional features include:

Display automatically switches from portrait to landscape mode
3G for full HTML Web Browsing
2.0 megapixel camera / camcorder (Images can be sent via email or to Picasa)
Music player and External microSD memory slot (handles up to 8GB card)
Memory: 256 MB ROM and 128 MB RAM
Stereo Bluetooth, advanced speech recognition
Bilingual User Interface (English / Spanish)
High speed USB (2.0)
Games & Apps Preloaded Content:
- MyBackup by Asurion
- Asphalt 4 by Gameloft (Demo)
- Brain Challenge by Gameloft (Demo)
- Ringtones application (Realtones JukeBox by Zed)

Motorola Evoke is available now at Cricket retail stores and Cricket dealers for $299.99. For more information, please visit www.mycricket.com/evoke.

For the official press release about the Evoke, please visit the Cricket News Room or Businesswire. For information about the Evoke from Motorola, please visit their website.

*Please note: We know customers are eager to use text function for Twitter. Cricket is currently coordinating to activate service as quickly as we can.