Sprint and Motorola announced on Thursday that they are doing business together again in a big way – with 10 new Motorola devices hitting the marketplace in 2011. The new devices will be available through Sprint and its prepaid brands of Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA, and include the Motorola PHOTON 4G and Motorola TRIUMPH, the first Motorola Android smartphone for Virgin Mobile USA.

The Motorola PHOTON 4G is Sprint's first 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor smartphone on the Sprint 4G Network. Built with Android 2.3, it features international GSM capabilities, a 4.3-inch qHD display, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi b/g/n, dual cameras (8 megapixel camera and VGA front-facing camera) and a kickstand. It captures video in 720P HD with the ability to output HD video (1080P) via HDMI, and includes 16GB of on board memory, with support for up to 32GB SD Card.

Additional features include:

• 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot capability for up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices (additional fee required)
• Corporate (MS Exchange ActiveSync) and personal (POP & IMAP) email access
• Sprint ID offering an innovative way to personalize an Android smartphone with apps, widgets, ringtones and more all in a single download
• GPS navigation enabled
• Ability to utilize the webtop application while connected to a Motorola accessory dock to open, view, edit and send Microsoft Office documents using cloud-based web apps through the full Mozilla Firefox browser

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Boost Mobile this week announced that the Samsung Seek handset is now available in Candy Apple Red. Sold exclusively at Best Buy, the Samsung Seek is Boost Mobile's first touch-screen device with a slide-out QWERTY keypad. It is priced at $149.99.

Samsung Seek Features:

• 2.6-inch QVGA touch-screen display
• Slide-out QWERTY keypad
• 1.3MP camera
• Wireless Web and e-mail access to Gmail, MSN, Yahoo! and more
• Instant Messaging capable (Yahoo!, AIM and Windows Live Messenger)
• Stereo Bluetooth capable
• Music player (microSD card required)
• Supports microSD card up to 32GB
• Multimedia and text messaging capable
• GPS-enabled
• Voice mail, caller ID, call waiting and call forwarding
• Speakerphone with voice recognition
• Downloadable games, wallpapers and ringtones available for an additional fee

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A mobile phone company actually reducing your bill? Practically unheard of…until now. Boost Mobile has a new no-contract plan called "Monthly Unlimited with Shrinkage." The company is giving customers the opportunity to reduce their $50 monthly unlimited plan to a monthly price of $35. How? By simply making on-time payments. For every six on-time payments, a customer's monthly cost will shrink by $5, eventually getting down to $35 a month for unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web, e-mail, IM and calls to 411. Not too bad!

Boost Mobile even offers Android and BlackBerry smartphones now, including the Motorola i1 powered by Android and BlackBerry Curve 8530. The Curve 8530 sells for $249.99 (excluding taxes) through Boost Mobile and will be available at retail stores at the end of October. It is also available at www.boostmobile.com with free shipping.

"Shrinkage" is available with Boost Mobile Monthly Unlimited and BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plans. As of Oct. 14, existing Boost Mobile customers simply go to www.boostmobile.com or call 1-888-BOOST-4U to sign up for Shrinkage. New customers coming to Boost on the $50 or the $60 BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plans as of Oct. 14 will automatically be part of Monthly Unlimited with Shrinkage.

When you think of mobile phones offered by prepaid phone services, would you think of an Android smartphone? You would be if your provider is Boost Mobile. Available soon at Boost Mobile Exclusive Retail Stores, Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile standalone stores, the Motorola i1 is the first walkie-talkie enabled touchscreen phone powered by Android available from Boost Mobile.

The i1 features a 5MP camera, 3.1-inch HVGA display, and is one of the first devices to feature the new optimized Opera Mini 5 Web Browser. The i1 also comes with Wi-Fi and is one of the first Android phones to integrate new SWYPE technology for super-fast messaging. Read more

Boost Mobile is known for their no contract, monthly unlimited cell phone plans. But what about BlackBerry users? For months, customers have been asking the about BlackBerry plans and now, Boost Mobile has answered! They just announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8330 on a BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan.

On the BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan with Boost Mobile, you get features like full Web browsing, social networking, music, videos, games, email access and downloadable apps with unlimited talk, text and Web…all with Boost Mobile's no-contract Monthly Unlimited plan. Read more

Boost Mobile announced today that they are offering the Motorola Stature i9 in a new color - red. The i9, which is the thinnest flip phone available on the iDEN network, was first introduced in February 2009, but was only available in black. The company says that they have added this new color to keep up with demand for the phone.

While, yes, this is a slick looking phone featuring Nationwide Boost Walkie-Talkie, a 3.1 Megapixel Camera with 8x Zoom and Flash, Video Camera, and a Music Player, it comes in at the hefty price of $299.99. I suppose the price of the phone can be justified considering the Boost Mobile service has no contract, credit check, or "hidden" fees.

Boost Mobile also offers a Monthly Unlimited plan with unlimited anytime calling, text messaging, wireless Web and walkie-talkie services with a national calling area for $50 a month.

For more information on the i9 and other calling plans, visit www.boostmobile.com.