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 »

This week we saw quite a lot of Nokia-related news cross our path. For instance, Nokia launched their E63 messaging device and we found out that AT&T was all set to release the Nokia 6650 this past Friday. Telus picked up the Samsung m540 in two very stylish colors: black and pink and Alltell is to carry the LG Swift, putting ... continued »

Alltel Wireless has recently announced the release of their new flip phone handset, the LG Swift. This handset was designed to keep up with fast-paces lifestyles of their customers. The LG Swift has many of easy-to-use multimedia features to suit everyone. Some may ask, “What is the big deal about this seemingly ordinary flip phone?” The next generation keypad offers Fastap ... continued »

Alltel announced the LG Rhythm today, which is totally focused on music in order to provide for a multimedia experience for those that like to groove on the go. This slider phone has a 3.5mm audio port plus Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support so using stereo headsets isn't a problem. There is also a FM transmitter built-in so you can stream ... continued »

It looks like AT&T isn't doing so hot when it comes to carrier competition. In fact, they came in last in a recent JDPower and Associates wireless industry survey. Of the six regional categories, AT&T came in last in four of them! They never received anything above a three out of five rating for any of the other categories, either. Even ... continued »

The week has been an interesting one, with lots of hands-on reviews Vincent managed to spring a debate in the comments about whether or not the Samsung Omnia would indeed be an iPhone killer with his hands-on article, and he assures that it is not. Which brings me to the other big phone that people are wondering if ... continued »

Samsung released the  MyShot SCH-r430 for Alltel Wireless today. It is a classic flip camera phone that is being offered in two colors, sleek black and royal red.  Don't let its compact look fool you; the phone has a number of multimedia options including a 1.3 megapixal camera. With a 20MB of internal memory this phone allows you to take decent ... continued »

In a surprising confirmation of yesterday's rumor, Verizon has indeed agreed to buy Alltel wireless for $28.1 billion in cash. The deal is a huge story for Verizon, who after the deal will rip away the title of largest carrier by subscriber in the nation from AT&T. The merger will make a carrier with over 80 million subscribers, thanks to ... continued »

Verizon is no stranger to throwing their weight around and buying out small carriers. Alltel though, is a whole different story. They have 13 million subscribers, and a nearly national level footprint. This is most likely where Verizon is looking. A unity of these two carriers would instantly give Verizon more than 80 million subscribers, giving them the crown once ... continued »

Devices today are becoming increasingly complex, but for all their complexity, the ability to play Flash videos is almost always limited to smart phones. Qualcomm and Adobe though, are going to change that by making dumb phones a little more flash friendly, announcing that they will bring flash to the BREW platform. BREW is primarily used here by Verizon Wireless ... continued »