Alltel's First Quarter Phones Revealed
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Jan 24, 2008, 10:46 AM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jan 24, 2008, 11:29 AM
Updated: Added info about Muse
Today Alltel announced three phones that it will make available both online and in retail stores sometime later this quarter.
- LG Scoop: The Scoop is a rebranded LG Rumor. It is a messaging phone that slides open sideways to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth and will work with Alltel's Axcess Voice2TXT service that converts voicemails to text messages. It will be available in three colors.
- Pearl 8130: This is the same Pearl that's already available from Verizon Wireless and Sprint, but in red. Otherwise the feature list in unchanged.
- Samsung Muse u706: The Muse is a rebranded Gleam, which is a mid-range flip phone that centers on the music experience. It has dedicated music player keys and works with XM Radio Mobile. It also has a 2 Megapixel camera, GPS, stereo Bluetooth and works with Alltel's new Celltop music-streaming application.
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The new LG Scoop
I also sell Sprint and I can tell you that this phone really fits a need for a lot of people. It's built well even though not evdo it is fast and takes good pictures. I liked the phone so much I got 2 for my wife and daughter. Every one we recieve we sell. This is going to be great for Alltel. 😁
the "new" Pearl
With the way that Alltel was discussing the red pearl, it almost sounded like they were trying to say that they were the only carrier that was going to be selling the pearl in red. Sprint also just started selling the red pearl last week.
Bright idea
I am a Alltel customer and fan BUT i'm sick of getting leftovers from other companies who've already had this phone. Alltel lets pull a AT&T move and get a "i-phone" exclusive phone! How many customers did AT&T get, even though they had crappy service, because they got exclusive rights to a phone everyone wanted?! Doesn't take a genius to figure this out.
i wish alltel had the iPhone. That'd be friggin sweet. Rather Sprint, though.
Manufactuerers don't regard alltel as a power, yet. Minus Kyrocera. You got exclusives with them!