LG Glimmer in the mix for Alltel?

What do you get when you cross LG's Shine slider and Viewty full touchscreen candybar? If you guessed the "Vine" or the "Shewty," well... no, you'd be wrong. If this ad posted over on Howard Forums turns out to be legit, you'd actually end up with the "Glimmer," a phone that appears destined for Alltel (of all carriers) that combines a 2.8 inch capacitive touch display, numeric slider, 2 megapixel cam with flash, microSD slot, Bluetooth, and EV-DO. It's unknown when the rather attractive metal-clad piece might launch, but the existence of prepared advertising leads us to believe it could be sooner rather than later, putting Alltel in the rare and enviable position of one-upping its larger counterparts with unique hardware. The Venus proves that the touch / slide hybrid concept can work, so don't be shy, Alltel, bring it on.

[Thanks, Bradley]

[k3nt @ Feb 27th 2008 2:10AM]

Finally a good phone on Alltel!!!

[Matt @ Feb 27th 2008 2:18AM]

You know I was actually surprised to see that Alltel is carrying the HTC Touch. I had a customer come in with one the other day and I was amazed to see Alltel branding at the bottom of it. I'd be willing to bet that Alltel will become a force to reckon with in the coming year.

[roflercopterer @ Feb 27th 2008 2:31AM]

Wish they had kept the 5 mp cam from the viewty

[Jeff @ Feb 27th 2008 2:53AM]

Why can't Alltel pickup a smartphone with a slide-out keyboard? I grow weary of my Moto Q and its Windows Mobile 5, but still need a real keypad.

[Teetdogs @ Feb 27th 2008 9:47AM]

Uhhh they do, its the HTC PPC-6800 aka the HTC Titan, I have one and am an alltel customer

[Jeff @ Feb 27th 2008 3:08AM]

Of course, now that I've actually taken the time to take a fresh look at their phone lineup, I feel like an idiot. An idiot that badly wants a PPC6800 now.

[XR @ Feb 27th 2008 3:54AM]

The *VENUS* shows that the touch/slide hybrid can work...

[trigatch4 @ Feb 27th 2008 5:23AM]

Nice... this look phone looks great. Think it will come out before or after the Samsung Glyde? Whichever comes out first might be the one I get! Site already up at http://lgglimmer.com ?

[fred @ Feb 27th 2008 6:45AM]

this article is inaccurate. the article states "The Voyager proves that the touch / slide hybrid concept can work..." its actually the Venus that has a touch screen and also slides. the Voyager has a touch screen that flip to reveal a landscape QWERTY keyboard. The voyager does not slide, only the venus.

[Ben @ Feb 27th 2008 11:19AM]

well, the TV antenna "slides" on the Voyager, so that must be what Chris is thinking of.

Or, the Venus, or perhaps one of the many "full face" phones from S Korea

[Chris Ziegler @ Feb 27th 2008 11:22AM]

Yep, my bad... corrected. Thanks!

Chris

[dale @ Feb 27th 2008 5:15PM]

what do you mean 'of all carriers'?
alltel is one of the better carriers if not the best with customer service and call quality, pricing, and nationwide coverage. 1st with the razr. i'd call alltel the sleeper of cellular carriers.
in the past their phones weren't the best i'll admit but what phone manufacturer has put out a flawless phone?

[Jeremy W @ Feb 28th 2008 2:53AM]

First with the RAZR? Are you insane? Maybe they were the first CDMA carrier with the RAZR, but they were nowhere near the first to get the RAZR period. Not even close.

[brayndeded @ Mar 1st 2008 3:36AM]

Im on alltel, and i had 2 of the htc 6800, and they BOTH sucked bad!!! trust me on this, you dont want one. it is very slow,it will literally shock you when you pick it up and reset itself. have you not read the info on the unit? people are fighting for a class action suit on htc for the lack of use in the chipset. i got so fed up with the 6800,i took it back, they let me try to htc touch, and the icons and close "x" at the top of the screen are so small, theres no point in trying to use your finger to touch. im sorry htc, but your stuff sucks bad!
i went with the blackberry 8830 and love it! everything on it works super, and none of the windows mobile problems.
dont get the 6800...trust me.

[SteveBirk @ Mar 6th 2008 8:11AM]

does alltel have good service?

[Mike @ Mar 5th 2008 11:35PM]

Yes, very good.

[Erich @ Mar 10th 2008 2:09PM]

when is this phone gonna come out?????

[ALLTEL GURU @ Mar 11th 2008 12:36PM]

THE LG GLIMMER CAME OUT FRIDAY 3-7-08

[Tonyfoto @ Mar 28th 2008 6:17PM]

I have to admit I was shocked to see this nice of a phone to come out for Alltel...and I work for them. I use a Blackberry Pearl but if I had to go to a normal phone the glimmer would be it. The MP3 is amazing on the phone. I've compared from others like the Motorola ROKR and the LG AX565 and the quality was outstanding. (However, I did use Bose ear buds for my evaluation.) My favorite is the scrolling on the touchscreen is vary similar to the iPhone. Now LG has to slap a built in 8gb memory in the baby.

[JordanRachel @ Mar 30th 2008 9:15AM]

I have alltel and we are about to renew our contract. I was looking for a new phone and saw this last week for $249.99. I got on last night and the online price dropped $100. I am now a very happy girl. Anyway, I compared this phone to every alltel phone on the website, and it has more features than any other.

[MANDY @ Apr 8th 2008 12:57PM]

I JUST GOT THE GLIMMER LAST NIGHT, AND IT'S FREAKIN AWESOME. I HAVE HAD MY BAD LUCK WITH THE MOTO ROKR, LET ME TELL YOU THAT PHONE IS A PIECE OF CRAP. IT WOULDN'T SEND TEXT MESSAGES AND FOR SOMEONE WHO TEXTS AS MUCH AS I DO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PHONE THAT THE TEXTING FEATURE WORKS. LOL...
SO I GOT THE GLIMMER LAST NIGHT AND I AM LOVIN' IT. THE PHONE IS SO EASY TO USE THE TEXT MESSAGES SEND REALLY FAST, IT HAS GOOD VOLUME, THE CAMERA IS AWESOME... ALL IN ALL I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE BEST PHONE I HAVE EVER HAD. FINALLY ALLTEL HAS A GREAT PHONE.

[Tom @ May 15th 2008 10:10PM]

THIS IS A GOOD PHONE. Enough said =]. IIt has an excellent camera, good quality mp3 player, and excellent full screen video player. The battery life on the video player is EXCELLENT! It's even longer than the talk time (which is usually low on all CDMA carriers). I would like to comment that it is not like the venus, b/c the venus only has touch navigation on the bottom, meaning it is not a true touch screen phone. If you want to see something similar, look at the voyager, everything except the voyager has html and the glimmer has a better camera. (Oh and this phone doesn't require a data plan =D) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED