Alltel Wireless and Samsung have announced a new handset that will be an Alltel exclusive called the Freeform. The handset is a bar style phone with a four-row QWERTY keyboard offered in teal and burgundy colors. continued »

The Blackberry Tour is one of the newest devices from RIM and so far, it has been a popular handset with the traveling types out there. The phone is compatible with 3G networks in the U.S. and abroad making it perfect for the frequent international traveler. Alltel has announced that it now has its own Blackberry Tour smartphone. The company says ... continued »

It seems like school just let out and its time for back to school shopping already. I was in Target the other day looking for summer clothes for my kids and most of the stuff was jeans and long sleeves, it's still 105F here in Texas. Alltel has announced a new back to school promotion that runs through September 10 for ... continued »

LG has unveiled a new budget mobile phone from LG called the Tritan. The phone looks a lot like the T-Mobile G1 to me. Tritan offers a 3-inch touch screen with a 3-megapixel camera and works on the Alltel 3G network. A QWERTY keyboard slides out from under the screen and the device features a full web browser and is GPS ... continued »

Walk into any wireless phone store in the country and you can expect one thing to be the same no matter who's name is on the door. Everyone wants a two-year customer agreement if you want a new phone at a low price. Alltel has announced a big change today with a move from 2-year contracts to a 1-year contract. The ... continued »

AT&T is looking to buy up the rest of Alltel from Verizon, according to a source today. AT&T is supposedly considering buying about 18 areas that will not be contained into Verizon's network. Another 6 areas will be left for small carriers. It's not clear if this deal is close being sealed but this hinted at information does come just a ... continued »

The Evoke for Motorola was discussed recently. Alltel has launched its version of the high-end slider. continued »

The flip phone, the Motorola VE465 has been officially announced by Alltel. Pictures were appearing online last week, availability through the carrier is for real this time. continued »

It has been a good week this week, we started off with fantastic news that Mozilla's new mobile browser Fennec is being developed for Symbian S60. Due to technical or licensing reasons,  Symbian will have an upper hand because Fennec won't be available for the iPhone, BlackBerry or Android handsets. The FCC recently passed the new 8-megapixel Samsung Pixon M8800. This ... continued »

Alltel has officially release their Alltel Mobile Email application which gives subscribers the ability to access their personal and work email as well as contacts and calendar events from their handsets. This downloadable application will auto configure itself for AOL, Hotmail, yahoo and many other popular services by simply entering your username and password. “Customers rely on e-mail as a way ... continued »