Another parents award, another win for kajeet. This time its the Moms Choice Awards, where the company took home the Gold Recipient in the Gear and Accessory category. kajeet seems to win one of these every few months, a nod to their place in the market. Its one thing to offer a cell phone service to kids when theyre at an age where parents arent sure if they should have a phone or not. Its anothe...

Sprint Family Locator Image © SprintVarious cell phone carriers (including Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Wireless, Kajeet and others) allow parents to locate their kids with GPS. GPS location services range from $5 to $10 per month at various carriers with no additional equipment required. You just need a cell phone with embedded GPS technology. Along with being able to accurately locate y...

Over the course of this year weve seen not only new prepaid companies, but older companies rolling out new plans to better fit the current wireless market. The latest to update is kajeet, the cell phone service for kids mainly those in the tween ages, between 8 and 12. Theyve altered their Basic, Great Deal, and Special Plans, and have added to their Bundled Plans, which include unlimited text me...

Image © KajeetVery niche cell phone offers are getting more popular. Just as there is cell phone service targeted at seniors (i.e. Jitterbug and Consumer Cellular), we also have a company that is specifically formulated for parents and their kids: Kajeet. Kajeet, which uses the Sprint network, is a prepaid and pay-as-you-go cell phone carrier designed specifically for kids. Within AT&T, ...

Here’s a quick way to make $10: sign up a friend for kajeet service. Carol Politi explains in this blog post. Existing customers should hand out the referral code 102962 to enter alongside their phone numbers to receive the $10 credit. That goes right towards cell service, and can even go towards the phone wallet, which parents can use at their disposal. Best part: there’s no limit. So...

Competing with the big cell phone carriers isn’t easy. Not only do they have name-brand recognition, but they also have multi-million dollar marketing budgets. How, then, does a startup MVNO even make a peep in that environment? Many have tried and failed, as we saw in 2007 when a large chunk of the MVNO market vanished. Still standing, though, is kajeet, a cell phone service which targets k...

Kajeet is recruiting moms to sell its child-focused cell phone service offering more parental controls and opportunities for "mom bloggers" to earn additional income.

MVNO kajeet has an interesting spot in the market. While other carriers are moving towards a more general audience, kajeet remains one of the few committed to a certain demographic. That might seem like a disadvantage, but strategically it’s a smart move. It allows them to stay on message — that they’re the safest cell phone company for kids — and allows them to run promoti...

Tween-centric pay-as-you-go operator kajeet announced an agreement with publisher HarperCollins' Children's Books division to launch a mobile content effort spotlighting the new book series Mackenzie Blue. Created by educator/youth expert Tina Wells, Mackenzie Blue depicts the adventures of the title character, a "fashionable, pop culture savvy, and down-to-earth" seventh grader who prom...

It really is an unlimited plan kind of week. On Monday we heard of a $45 unlimited plan from Straight Talk and a $50 unlimited plan from kajeet. The newest offer comes from Ready Mobile, though it’s not exactly like the normal brand of unlimited plans we’ve seen from many carriers. Instead it works on a three-day or seven-day basis. Plan details after the jump. There are two tiers of s...