Pre-Paid Broadband by Cricket, 5MP Asus Device in Pipeline and More

Asus to take on Samsung Omnia, Cricket offers pre-paid broadband, Pearl in 3 new colors on T-Mobile and more. Here is a round up of today’s stories that will chase those Monday blues away.


Looks like Samsung Omnia will soon face competition with an upcoming Asus device. According to the rumor mill, Asus is busy developing a 5-megapixel smartphone that would include prerequisites like a touch screen, Wi-Fi support and 3G.

[Via Engadget Mobile ]



T-Mobile once again is giving the BlackBerry Pearl a color makeover. The smartphone will soon be available in pretty shades of Frost, "Indigo" and "Black Emerald". That is layman’s term is silver blue, purple and black respectively.

                      [Via Mobile Mag ]


Cricket will soon offer pre-paid wireless broadband services for $40 per month. This amounts to $1.33 a day. Cricket Broadband is compatible with the Windows 2000®, Windows XP® and Windows Vista™ operating systems.


                     [Via PC Mag ]


If you fancy the Nokia 6210 then head over to the Mapsters website. Just ace the web based game and wins a Nokia 6210. Word of advice, its not as easy as it looks.

[Via All About Symbian ]