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  • Kajeet Offers Unlimited Texting and 150 Minutes for $19.99/month

    Offer extended beyond September and into the 2009 Holiday Season!
    Posted 09/14/2009

    As prices continuously change in the telecommunications industry, The Clark Howard Show features kajeet's $19.99 plan which includes unlimited text and 150 minutes of talk time.

  • Fox Business Reviews Safe Online Products Posted 09/01/2009

    Fox Business recently highlighted kajeet in a segment covering tips for keeping kids safe online.  "The biggest fear of parents is the phone because that's the one that is not in the house..."  In addition to discussing parental controls available for kajeet, this segment reviews other online tools that help parents manage the online experience of their family.

  • Personal Tech: They're Old Enough to Text. Now What? Posted 08/27/2009

    The New York Times recently covered kajeet as a great cell phone for texting for kids and teens. Kajeet is the safest cell phone service for kids and teens that has the features kids want along with free parental controls to give parents a peace of mind.

  • Personal Tech: They're Old Enough to Text Now What Posted 08/27/2009

    The New York Times recently covered kajeet as a great cell phone for texting for kids and teens. Kajeet is the safest cell phone service for kids and teens that has the features kids want along with free parental controls to give parents a peace of mind.

     

     

  • Fox 28 Reviews Award Winning Parenting Products Posted 08/26/2009

    Fox 28 discusses award-winning parenting products with Sherrie Guthrie from Parent Tested, Parent Approved Media.  "These phones are the safest cell phones on the planet for children" says Sharon when discussing the kajeet cell phone.   Other products profiled include the Math Blaster (a DS game that reinforces math facts), sharable "design your own" purses and backpacks, and the Picture Keeper (a program that provides easy picture file backup).

  • Forbes Profiles kajeet's "Moms Direct" Sales Team Posted 07/17/2009

    Kajeet, a cellphone service for children, is recruiting moms to sell its phones to other moms.

  • Resourcefulness: How a Little Telco Out-Maneuvers the Giants Posted 05/17/2009

    Kajeet partnered with Mokugift to launch a plant a tree campaign, which plants a tree for every customer that visits www.kajeet.com/reuse and purchases a refurbished kajeet phone.

  • Sexting is Serious and It's a Felony Posted 05/08/2009

    Reporter Gene Cox from Fox59, Indianapolis, IN reports on the dangers of sexting and features kajeet as a solution to sexting.

    "Sexting is serious and it's a felony. That is the message from Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi being delivered to Central Indiana pre-teens and teens."

  • Tech Companies Celebrate Earth Day in Cool Ways Posted 04/17/2009

    IT Week reviews how tech companies are celebrating Earth Day and higlights the kajeet Plant a Tree initiative.  

    "kajeet began its plant a tree program this month in partnership with social venture company Mokugift and the United Nation's Environment Programme's "One Billion Tree Campaign." With the purchase of any recycled cell phone, kajeet will plant a tree in the customer's name in a deforested region of the world. The customer will receive information about where the tree was planted, what type of tree it was, learn more about global warming and how to plant more trees. kajeet will also supply customers with postage-paid envelopes to return any unused, unwanted phones for recycling. Check out the plant a tree site and the amazing graphics."

    To read the full article, click here.

     

  • NBC South Florida Today Reviews Quality Products for Kids Posted 03/26/2009

    NBC's South Florida Today reviews quality parenting products with Sharon Vinderine of Parent Tested, Parent Approved Media, Inc.  During the segment, Sharon says the following about kajeet:  "The really interesting thing about this is that it offers parental controls.  You as a parent can go on the website and can control, for example, that you don’t want your child receiving text messages during school hours.  You can set those limits.  But the other nice thing about it is that it has a GPS locator on it."  kajeet is profiled in minute 2 of the video segment.

  • The 10! Show Profiles Award Winning Parenting Products Posted 12/10/2008

    The 10! Show on NBC hosts Sharon Vinderine of Parent Tested, Parent Approved Media, Inc. and profiles award-winning parenting products.  "These (kajeet phones) are amazing!" Sharon says as she reviews the kajeet parental control features.  kajeet is profiled in minute 3 of the video segment.

  • American Chronicle: "PTPA Media Awards announces their Winning Products for the 2008 Holiday Shoppers!" Posted 11/25/2008

    American Chronicle highlights the PTPA Media Awards.  "Parents can rest assured knowing the PTPA products they purchase for the upcoming holiday season have all been parent tested, parent approved for quality and functionality for their families."

  • Fierce Wireless: "Kajeet launches phones on Amazon" Posted 11/18/2008

    Fierce Wireless talks with Daniel Neal about the launch of kajeet phones in the Amazon.com Wireless Store.  It highlights the niche kajeet has found by "catering specifically to kids and moms who want to have more direct control over how their children use phones".  To read the full article, click here.

  • Kajeet Cell Phone Service for Kids is 2008 Winner for Parenting Products Posted 09/17/2008

    In this article, TMCnet.com profiles the recent PTPA Media and Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards for the kajeet Cell Phone Service For Kids. 

    "Cell phones for kids? No kidding. kajeet, a cell phone service targeted at this segment was awarded the PTPA Media (Parent Tested Parent Approval) Seal as a winner in their 2008 Fall Product Call for best in parenting products.

    This win follows closely on the heels of another award. In September, kajeet was presented with the top Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) service innovation award at the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards in London, England." 

    To read the full article, click here.

  • Prepaid Reviews: kajeet Takes Home Award for Top MVNO Service Innovation Posted 09/17/2008

    Prepaid Reviews congratulates kajeet on the MVNO service award bestowed by Global Telecoms earlier this week.  "While kajeet was recognized for all of their services, WalletManager stole the show.  It is an application which lets parents and kids figure out who pays for what."  To read the full article, click here.

     

  • Prepaid Reviews: Finding The Best Phone From Each Prepaid Carrier Posted 09/03/2008

    Prepaid Reviews calls kajeet a good deal.  "If we’re talking cell phones for kids, there has to be a good deal to be found. Starting things off right, kajeet offers $25 of airtime when you buy a phone online. So when we look at phones like the Samsung m300 and the Sanyo Katana, we can knock that $25 right off, since it will be made up for with airtime."  To read the full article, click here.

  • msnbc: "A Good Find: GPS to Locate the Kids" Posted 08/25/2008

    msnbc reviews GPS to locate kids' cell phones and interview kajeet CEO and Founder, Daniel Neal about kajeet's GPS Phone Locator.  For the full article, click here.

  • Forbes.com: Disney Dialing Up Kids Posted 08/20/2008

    Forbes.com highlights kajeet as a kid-focused service with "safeguarding features" that make it parent-friendly too.

  • CBS News Reviews kajeet Posted 08/13/2008

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    Victoria Pericon of the online magazine Savvy Mommy shows Harry Smith some of the best kid-friendly phones, including kajeet.  View the whole story here.

  • CBS 5 Bay Sunday Reviews kajeet Posted 07/18/2008

    Bay Sunday: “kajeet Cell Phone”
    July 18, 2008, 1:36pm PT
    Sue Kwon unveils the perks of kajeet cell phones. She discusses how parents can control their children’s cell phone usage.

  • Newsweek.com Interviews Daniel Neal Posted 07/12/2008

    Daniel McGinn of Newsweek.com writes in THE TECHNOLOGIST column about the suite of parental controls available on the kajeet service.  To read the full article click here.

  • PC Magazine Reviews kajeet Posted 05/19/2008

    PC Magazine editors reviewed the kajeet service for an artcle titled "The Best Gift for New Grads” and concluded that for elementary school graduates "kajeet is ideal; it offers only kid-friendly content and uses sleek Sprint phones." Read the entire review here.

  • NYTimes: "For Toddlers, Toy of Choice is Tech Device" Posted 11/29/2007

    This New York Times article, which examines how kids prefer real technology to toys, features kajeet founder and CEO Daniel Neal.

  • Forbes Interviews Daniel Neal Posted 11/12/2007

    Camilla Webster of the Forbes.com video network interviews kajeet Founder and CEO Daniel Neal.

  • Fox Business Network Interviews Daniel Neal Posted 11/07/2007

    See the video of kajeet founder and CEO Daniel Neal being interviewed on the Fox Business Network's "Happy Hour" program.

  • Disney Family.com Reviews kajeet Posted 06/12/2007

    "kajeet: Solution for Tween Cell Phones" is the title of a Disney Family.com article that describes kajeet as "a great solution for the 'cell phone wars' of the tween and early teen years." Read the complete article here.

  • CBS News Interviews kajeet CEO Posted 05/16/2007

    "Eye To Eye: Kids Go Mobile" is the title of a CBS News segment in which kajeet CEO Daniel Neal discusses cell phones, kids, families and more with CBS News reporter Richard Schlesinger. View the interview here.

  • ZDNet Reviews kajeet Posted 05/05/2007

    ZDNet editors reviewed the kajeet service and concluded that "kajeet service is great for families." Read the entire review here.

  • C|Net Reviews kajeet Posted 04/19/2007

    C|NET editors reviewed the kajeet service shortly after it debuted and concluded that "we think the kajeet service is great for families." Read the entire review here.

  • Yahoo! Tech Reviews kajeet Posted 04/18/2007

    "Hands-On Review: kajeet Phone Service" is the title of a review of the kajeet service by mom and tech writer Dory Devlin, who concludes that "kajeet is a well-designed service worth a closer look." Read the entire review here.

  • From Three Dads, a Kid-Oriented Cellphone Service Posted 04/02/2007

    This story about kajeet was published in the 04/02/2007 edition of the Washington Post . We thank them for their kind permission in allowing us to present it here.

  • TIME Magazine Reports on kajeet Posted 02/16/2007

    "Cell Phones for the SpongeBob Set" is the title of a TIME Magazine article that describe kajeet as "trying to blend cool technology with practical parenting to create a must-have gadget." Read the complete article here.

  • kajeet Named "Company to Watch" by NVCA Posted 07/25/2006

    The National Venture Capital Association, a trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry, named kajeet one of five "Companies to Watch" in its 2005-2006 Year in Review.

 
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