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With "My Circle" everyone is welcome at Alltel
Alltel -- the self-dubbed "America's largest network" -- is playing nice with a whole host of annoying mobile network spokespeople with their new Alltelcircle service. Mobile users represented by Catherine Zeta Jones, that "can you hear me now?" guy, Sprint's Mr. Trenchcoat Man, and Cingular's bouncy orange mascot, can all be included in your "Circle" of ten friends. Once a phone number is added, you can make and receive unlimited calls with that person, which gives you one less excuse for not calling your mother every day. Of course, you'll need a rate plan of $59.99 or higher to qualify for My Circle, but once you sign up you can switch up your My Circle members at any time through your online account.
Alltel announces "Office Sync" push email solution
As if there weren't already practically more push email options than capable phones out there, Alltel ("America's Largest Wireless Network," according to their own dubious claims) is throwing their very own "Office Sync" solution into the ring. The software runs on Palm and Windows Mobile devices, and costs $40 a month, which includes unlimited data. Based on the SEVEN push email platform, Office Sync has both a Personal Edition and Enterprise Server Edition, which cost the same, but offer different functionality and integration. [Via MobileMag]
Forty Three Kix delivers movie info to your cellphone
Finding out movie information on-the-go just got a little bit easier with the launch of a new service called Forty Three Kix that responds to texted queries with movie locations and showtimes based on the user's location. The free service works on any SMS-enabled handset from all of the major carriers, with support for regional networks promised at a later date, and requires only partial movie titles (even misspelled ones) or select keywords in order to supply a result. Forty Three Kix, who seem to have adopted their name based on their phone number (43549, or 43KIX) as opposed to vice versa, also offer an online movie "blog" where film buffs can submit what we imagine will be rather humorous reviews via SMS ("OMG! garfield2 t0tally 0wns garfield1!!!"). Additionally, the company offers a subscription service for automatically delivering new release info to your phone, and allows you to forward showtime information to friends so they can discover how bad your taste in movies really is.[Via Yahoo!]
