Back by popular demand is another great phone from Samsung – the kajeet Certified Refurbished m300. This handy flip phone, small enough to slip into your pocket or kid’s backpack, comes with:

• A 4x digital zoom camera with self-portrait capability
• A large, internal color display, perfect for sharing pictures and showcasing wallpapers
• Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free talking
• Voice dialing capability
• Free, unlimited kajeet parental controls

This silver cell phone is just $39.99 and will start shipping on September 20.

Let us know what you think about this cell phone for your kid!

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

We’re excited to add another reliable phone from Samsung to our line up (and just in time for back to school season!). This stylish red flip phone comes stocked with great features including:

• A digital zoom camera
• Bluetooth™ wireless technology
• Voice dialing capability
• A speakerphone for hands-free talking
• Free, unlimited kajeet parental controls

All this for just $44.99!

What do you think of our newest phone?

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

We’re making it even easier for you to access your kid’s phone usage –  right from Facebook — with our brand-new, free kajeet application! The new kajeet app allows you to:

• Check plan balances. See how many calls or texts are left on your kid’s current plan.
• Access detailed account activity. Look at your kid’s phone usage, including when calls and texts are being made, to whom and at what time.
• Review daily usage. A brand-new feature for kajeet! Get a summary view of how many calls and text messages your kid made or received from the previous day.

You can get started by logging into your Facebook account and clicking here. Then, tell us what you think on the kajeet Facebook page or comment here!

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

You spoke, we listened – and the kajeet Certified Refurbished LG Rumors are back! Available in green, white or blue, for just $129.99, the LG Rumor features:

• An integrated sliding QWERTY keyboard
• A 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder
• A 2” color LCD screen
• A built-in MP3 player
• A microSD card slot to hold thousands of songs and pictures
• Speakerphone and Bluetooth technology
• Free, unlimited parental controls
• And more!

And coming soon – the first kajeet touch screen phone, sure to set off fireworks this Fourth of July!

Which color is your favorite? Let us know!

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

This could be particularly handy for sending quick messages to someone who is not proficient with texting, or who may be hearing impaired.

If you’d like to learn more, you can do that here.

Let us know what you think!

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

Mobile Merit Award winners were evaluated on industry impact, innovation, technologies, social importance, implementation and overall success factor by a panel of industry leaders. We’re thrilled that kajeet was recognized for this prestigious honor.

kajeet – the cell phone service for kids

Just released from Puffin Books, Yours Truly: Lucy B. Parker is the story of a teen whose life is turned upside down when she becomes the stepsister of the most famous girl in the world. Written by Robin Palmer, you can learn more about Lucy and her adventures here.

And to celebrate the launch of Lucy and her story, we’re giving away free wallpapers on your kajeet handset! You can find them on the Navigator, along with Lucy B. Parker middle school survival tips. Make sure you check them out!

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

We take great pride at kajeet in having created the best, safest cell phone service for kids™. Normally, we point out that we have free, unlimited parental controls and monitoring, kid-appropriate content, 4 awards from parent organizations, our GPS Phone Locator service…that sort of thing.

But we’ve kept some other things in mind, too. The high cost of living. The high cost of cell phones. The high cost of having kids (I have 2).

The average cost of a contract-based cell phone service in the U.S. is more than $56.00/month. And data-intensive smartphones cost significantly more. That so-called extra “family plan” line you’re considering adding? Analysis done by iGR Research found that the average cost of a “family plan” line is over $44.00/month, and the additional cost of an extra line for a child is over $35.00/month when all costs are considered.

Oh, and with that “family plan,” you can’t turn off the bills when your child goes to camp for the summer… (yes, you can do that with a contract-free kajeet phone).

But money is tight.  And the strain on American household budgets is why many people are turning to prepaid (or “contract-free”) cell phone services. You can find an article from ABC News about that trend here.

We’ve been hearing from parents about the need to spend less on cell phones for their children for a long time.  So here’s how we’ve responded. Kajeet offers contract-free plans that have:

• No contract
• No activation fee
• No termination fee
• FREE unlimited parental controls and monitoring capability (I know, I already said that)

Allow me to crow a bit about my favorite kajeet contract-free plan: $14.99/month for unlimited text and 60 minutes of voice. This is what I bought for each of my own 2 kids (I also subscribe to our GPS Phone Locator for $9.99/month, but that’s optional).

Here’s what I get: affordable service, no surprises and very happy kids.

So long as I have the ability to keep them from texting at school and during bedtime (using my FREE parental controls!), they can text to their heart’s content. That’s what kids do. The 60 minutes of talk are more than enough for the few phone calls they make to tell me they’re ready to get picked up and for me to call and check in.  They just don’t talk much. They text. And guess who texts a lot more now? Yup – Mr. Old School.

That $14.99/month plan strikes me as a pretty sweet deal. How sweet?  It’s a savings of $240 per year per kid over that so-called “family plan” add-a-line.

Oh, and did I mention that we are keeping the phone costs down by offering refurbished phones that look and work great? Check out our selection of cell phones here.

And for those parents who just want to have a safety phone in their child’s backpack?  We have a $4.99/month plan. You can see our other no-contract plans here.

Finally – lest you wonder about our coverage and network reliability – kajeet uses the terrific Sprint National Digital Network.

Thanks.

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

You spoke, we listened – and have made it easier to manage your account if your kids are on multiple recurring services (or if you have multiple kids on kajeet!).

Here’s an example: If your child is on one of our popular talk and unlimited text plans, and is also subscribed to our GPS Phone Locator, you may get billed for each service on two separate dates. But moving forward, those charges will be consolidated on one, common date. For customers affected, this change will be reflected on your Account Summary page – take a look and see!

This new monthly renewal date will make managing your account predictable and worry-free. Log in today and let us know what you think!

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids

kajeet has been awarded the Gold Mom’s Choice Award®!  This award recognizes kajeet as among the best companies when it comes to providing family friendly products and services.

The Mom’s Choice Award helps families make informed purchasing decisions.  The Mom’s Choice Awards organization has a team of judges evaluating each product that is made up of parents, educators, and media experts.  They evaluate products based on factors including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost.

kajeet has worked hard to provide a cell phone service with parental controls and other family friendly features, and we are thrilled to have received this recognition!  Thanks to the entire kajeet team that has worked so hard to build our service – and to our customers that continue to provide the invaluable guidance and feedback we need as we evolve the service.

kajeet – the cell phone service made for kids