Wireless News

Pre-paid provider Boost Mobile has announced the first sliding form factor PTT handset on its network. The device is the Motorola Debut i856. The big feature of the handset is the nationwide PTT walkie talkie service.

The handset features a 1.3MP camera, stereo Bluetooth, and GPS along with wireless Internet. The phone supports MMS and text messaging and has an optional 8GB microSD card for storing music. Boost will sell the i856 for $169.99 and it is available today.

Pre-paid wireless phone service is very popular with many users. Parents especially like pre-paid because it gives them lots of control over how much they spend on phone service.

One of the most popular services in the U.S. is Boost Mobile. Boost has announced that it is now selling Boost Mobile Re-Boost Cards in many of the Barnes & Noble college bookstores around the country. The bookstores serve over 4 million students in more than 500 of the 700 stores Barnes and Noble has will sell the cards.

“It’s a very exciting partnership,” notes Kelly Owens St. Julian, chief service officer, Boost Mobile. “Boost Mobile is becoming increasingly attractive to college students seeking simple, affordable and reliable cell phone service with no contract, and offering Re-Boost at Barnes & Noble enables them to add money to their accounts without leaving campus.”

[via Boost Mobile]

Pre-paid mobile phone plans are very popular with many mobile users. Today’s pre-paid plans offer all the features that you get with traditional post-paid plans like data, texting, and voice calls without having to sign a contract.

Boost Mobile has announced that it has moved customers on its UNLTD $50 Unlimited Talk, $60 Unlimited Talk & Text and the $70 monthly Unlimited Talk, Text, and Web plans to a new plan at a lower rate. The new plan costs $50 per month.

At $50 monthly customers get unlimited nationwide talk, text, and web access in the states where Boost CDMA service is available. Those states include Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. A rate of $50 per month for unlimited everything is a steal.