Alltel's new Touchscreen Phone

Alltel has just entered the touchscreen phone scene with the release of the Samsung R800 Delve.

Touchscreen phones are at the top of the mobile phone pyramid. These touch sensitive phones hold the top spot on the cell phone hierarchy. A large number of todays touchscreen devices are touchscreen phones. The iPhone, Instinct, Storm and Dare are prime examples of superior touchscreen devices. Now Alltel has made a move to take a piece of the touchscreen pie with the Samsung Delve. Let's know more about this new and exciting Alltel device.

The Samsung Delve is a TouchWiz device. That means it has a TouchWiz interface that allows users to customize and personalize their phone using widgets. This user interface also enables users to drag and drop applications to the phonetop of the device.

This new Alltel mobile phone features a sleek bar-style design dominated by a 3-inch touch display with haptic feedback. It also offers a software QWERTY keyboard for faster messaging and email composition. It's a slim device with minimal physical keys.

The Samsung Delve R800 also offers a great set of features. It has a 2 megapixel camera with video capture for those memorable moments. It also offers a standard 3.5mm headset jack which allows users to plug in their favorite headphones. It also offers an expansive a 500-contact phone book and personal organizer options.

Alltel subscribers can get the Samsung R800 Delve touchscreen phone for $250 on a 2-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. They can pre-order this new Alltel touch sensitive handset starting on October 30. The device will officially hit the stores on November 7.

Here are the rest of the key features of the Samsung R800 Delve touchscreen cellphone:

• EVDO
• Bluetooth with A2DP stereo,
• GPS
• microSD cards up to 8GB
• full HTML Web browser
• mobile Email
• MP3 player
• speakerphone

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LG Rhythm Bound for Alltel

I've always featured phones that are bound for major carriers so I thought it would be a change to blog about a phone that will be offered by a regional carrier. This time let's get personal with the LG Rhythm that is headed for Alltel Wireless. It's important to note that Alltel is in the process of merging with Verizon Wireless.

The LG Rhythm is a music-centric or music mobile phone that features a stylish slider design. This handset offers a built in music player and FM transmitter that will appeal to users who want to listen to their favorite songs and artists via their cellphones.

This LG music phone is one of the most affordable handset in Alltel's lineup. Alltel is offering the LG Rhythm music phone for for $119.99 after $50 mail-in-rebate and a two-year service agreement. It will be available in black or white versions.

The LG Rhythm bound for Alltel Wireless also offers other dedicated music features such as a digital signal processing and a graphic equalizer. This Alltel music cellphone also has a 3.5mm headset jack that allows users to pug in their regular headphones.

Let's look at the hardware on the Rhythm from LG Electronics. This music phone features a one-inch circular touchscreen control panel on its slider body. This is located under the device's main display and allows the users to control the main music features.

Here are the remaining key features for this Alltel Music Phone:

• circular touchscreen with interactive UI
• 1.3 megapixel camera with camcorder
• Stereo Bluetooth 2.0
• SMS threads support
• GPS
• microSD external memory port
  

I thought that you might be interested in other LG phones offered by Alltel. Here's a short list of Alltel/LG mobile phones:

• LG Scoop
• LG AX565
• LG AX565
• LG AX380
• LG Wave
• LG Glimmer
• LG AX8600

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