client: kajeet
Available Nationwide at Best Buy and Limited Too, Unique New Wireless Service Offers Mobile Entertainment, Customization and Communication for Kids and Parents Navigating the Tween Years
BETHESDA, MD, MARCH 21, 2007 Founded to help kids and parents manage the world of technology together, kajeet(TM) announced today the launch of a new pay-as-you-go cell phone and wireless service made from a kid’s point of view. kajeet lets tweens tailor their mobile experience in ways that fit into their world, while offering their parents comfort about the role mobile technology plays in their lives.
“With nearly four million new kids becoming cell phone users each year, we created kajeet with a simple mission in mind: super-serve kids with a wireless service designed specifically for them,” said Daniel Neal, kajeet Founder and CEO. “kajeet brings together the world of communication, information and entertainment that kids want in the palms of their hands while alleviating the worries that parents might have about getting their kids cell phones.”
The kajeet service and phones have begun rolling out and are available nationwide in more than 500 Best Buy stores, and at Limited Too stores. kajeet can also be purchased on the Web at http://www.kajeet.com. Wireless network coverage for kajeet is provided by the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network*.
“Tweens are at a unique and powerful life stage,” said Neal. “Parents and tweens are striving to find the appropriate balance between the freedom cell phones offer and the responsibility and accountability that accompanies this freedom; kajeet was designed specifically with these needs in mind.”
Key Features: “good stuff”
kajeet customers have no long-term contracts, no activation fees, no termination fees, no hidden charges or fees, no roaming or extra long distance charges, and no big surprises!
kajeet offers a full array of voice, text, picture, and instant messaging services that allow on-the-go kids to stay connected to family and friends - - and to communicate in their own style. Kids can personalize and customize their service with the ringtones and wallpapers uniquely of interest to them.
kajeet also offers the games and content kids want from partners like Nickelodeon(top-rated shows include SpongeBob SquarePants and Avatar: The Last Airbender) Cellmania, Glu Mobile (top-rated games Diner Dash(R) and Zuma(R)), Gameloft (Totally Spies, Rayman 3 and other hit titles), I-play (casual gaming classics Jewel Quest & My Dog), Airborne Entertainment, and key applications, such as Google Maps for Mobile and AOL’s AIM(R) service.
Unique among pay-as-you-go services, the kajeet Configurator offers numerous ways for tweens and their families to tailor the service to meet their unique needs. Here’s a taste:
Pay as You Go Service With Stylish + Full-Featured Flip Phones
Just 35 cents a day gives customers unlimited use of the kajeet Configurator, free browsing of the kajeet Navigator (providing access to an array of kid-centric ringtones, wallpapers, and games - including free kajeet content), personalized voicemail, Google Maps for Mobile, and kid-friendly Customer Care.
It also gets families great rates and pay-as-you-go value, allowing kids and parents to communicate however they like: 5 cents per text message (in and out); 10 cents per minute of talk; Picture Messaging for 25 cents per picture (sent and received); and unlimited Mobile AIM for only $6.99/month. Free kajeet ringtones and wallpapers are included; other games, ringtones, wallpapers, and applications are paid for a la carte. And, recognizing that kids use phones differently from adults, the money in a kajeet account can be used as kids choose: for talk, text, IM, games, ringtones, and wallpapers.
kajeet offers a selection of full-featured phones, in stylish colors and with music ringtones:
For additional product and service details, please visit http://www.kajeet.com or dial kajeet Customer Care at 1-866-4kajeet (1-866-452-5338).
About kajeet(TM)
Founded in 2003, kajeet may be based in Bethesda, MD, but kids are the center of its universe. kajeet is the pay-as-you-go cell phone service made from a kid’s point of view, a new word for a new world of mobile entertainment, customization and communication. And for parents, kajeet alleviates the worries of getting kid a cell phone with no contracts, no surprise overages and no expiring minutes. Oh, and no buzzwords. No kidding. kajeet and kids: use it for talking, use it for texting, use it for sharing, use it for playing ... use it for good.(TM) http://www.kajeet.com
*Although Sprint provides kajeet customers access to its wireless network and to its wireless services, kajeet is responsible to kajeet customers for the service. Please call kajeet with any questions or comments about services.
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