The Kyocera Zio is the very first Android smartphone from Cricket and Kyocera company, the android phone has been announced months ago but today Cricket wireless has just put up the pre-sale page for the Kyocera Zio. According to our sources The Kyocera Zio will go on sale August 15 with a special $55 unlimited rate plan.

The Zio is an entry-level Android phone and it features a 3.5-inch WVGA display, 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, 3.2 MP camera, and Android 1.6. No price point has been announced, but look for the Zio to debut around $249-299. Unfortunately the smartphone packs with the Android 1.6 OS though Kyocera plans to offer an upgrade to the Android 2.x OS sometime in the future until now there is no official announcement bout that. The Cricket wireless also announced coverage in all 50 states after signing new roaming agreements with MetroPCS and Sprint Nextel. Watch the demo video after the jump. [AndroidandMe]

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