This cricket does not chirp but it will keep you connected to your family and friends. We are talking about the Cricket MSGM8 phone which is primarily a messaging phone.

The Cricket MSGM8 phone comes in a 2.2-inch screen display with a non-impressive 1.3 megapixel camera. It has a full QWERTY keyboard that makes message composition much easier. What will keep you interested are however the dedicated keys for messaging. It also allows you to do hands free calling through the speech recognition feature, and comes with social networking applications.

The phone is being sold in all Cricket stores at an introductory price of $99.99 from November 27th to 30th. The phone allows you easy access to your favorite social networking sites through the MyHomeScreen feature. The phone works on the 3G network so it is fairly easy to get the latest news, weather reports and other events.

With the Cricket MSGM8 phone, you need not lose important contacts as it can store up to 1000 contacts, all of which are protected by MyBackup feature. If you are always on the go but you need to be connected then go get the Cricket MSGM8 phone.