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]

[carcomptoy Posted Feb 27th 2008 2:21AM]

I think by "touch/slide hybrid concept" you mean the Venus, right? As the Voyager's a clamshell?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 5:01AM]

Looks like there is a site going up at http://lgglimmer.com - seems like the real deal!

I'm surprised so many new phones are being announced for 1Q... what tricks will be left to pull out of the bag for the holidays? Hopefully lots... oh yeah... Android will make everyone forget these phones even existed.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 2:33PM]

No Alltell here yet, so no need to even consider this phone. It could make for quite a nice handset if it had a full HTML browser. By the link provided by the poster above, I think it is strictly WAP though.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2008 6:47PM]

Why must all of Alltel's device names be ripoffs of better-known devices?

Like Sprint's Rumor? Try Alltel's "Scoop"!

Like AT&T's Shine? Try Alltel's "Glimmer"!

In the Scoop's case, it was the same device, so I guess I can understand it. But this is a completely different phone, that (apologies for the pun) outshines the competition - so why hold it back with an imitation name?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2008 6:19PM]

This comment is for Bradley. You better recognize!
Alltel is slowly but surely moving up in the wireless world(better handsets/international/great roaming agreements)they have competitors looking out the corner of their eyes and you need to take notice too. So for your comment of "Alltel (of all carriers)" keep that @#!& to your self. :)