Alltel chimes in on the Glimmer: March 13 for $250
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Mar 12th 2008 at 10:57AM
Just a day after LG's admission, Alltel's getting real with its mighty Glimmer touchscreen slider, a phone that combines the Shine series' glamor with the Viewty's touchscreen sensibility. As expected, the phone features a 2 megapixel camera, comprehensive media and gaming capability thanks to 128MB of integrated memory, microSD expansion, 3D graphics acceleration, and an MP3 player. GPS is in the mix too, so all told, we'd say the $249.99 on-contract price after rebates is roughly within the realm of reason. Expect Alltel to accept cash or credit in exchange for goods -- the Glimmer, specifically -- starting tomorrow.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Karl Viklund @ Mar 12th 2008 11:07AM
iPhone-clone of the week.
rav97 @ Mar 12th 2008 11:45AM
iPhone fanboy of the newspost.
MobileMonkey @ Mar 12th 2008 11:47AM
What a stupid comment! In order to be an iPhone clone you would have to make it to mimic the iPhone design and functions. Just because it has a touchscreen interface doesn't make it an iPhone clone. If anything it's more like the Voyager than anything, which is derived from the Prada, which was introduced and released before the iPhone. I for one like this design way more than the Voyager design. You can use full QWERTY on the touch and still have a regular set of keys for everything else. Oh, and before anyone starts thinking I'm an Apple hater, I am typing this on my Mac and I had the iPhone for about a month until I gave it up and went with a regular phone and an iPod Touch.
JunkNugget @ Mar 12th 2008 11:52AM
Why? Because it has a touch screen? Just so you know, LG came out with a touch screen handset SEVEN years ago. Yes, as in the year 2001! It was called the Sprint Touchpoint 3000 (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,28662,00.asp) LG had the Prada handset before the iPhone. Just because a handset has a touch screen, does not make it an iPhone rip off. If I'm not mistaken, the iPhone is a rip off of every other touch screen handset out there! Including anything Palm, HTC and Samsung. Really! Get over the Jesus phone and remember that there were cell phones with Touchscreen before the year 2007. Tool!
Jake @ Mar 12th 2008 12:33PM
That's a sweet piece. Wouldn't mind seeing this on the important CDMA carrier. Get your crap together LG!
Oh, and #1 is a douche.
cc123 @ Mar 13th 2008 11:22PM
Wait? Alltel? Are you kidding?
I dont mind the phone on their network, but LG picked Alltel as an exclusive for the glimmer!?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA