Alltel Wireless and LG Electronics announced that the LG Scoop is now available in Alltel retail stores and online at shopalltel.com. Featuring a messaging-friendly full QWERTY keyboard, the LG Scoop allows Alltel customers to be the center of their circle with the ability to quickly and easily reply to messages.
The Scoop, which is available in three hot colors - citrus orange, slate gray and turquoise blue - lets customers express their unique personalities while receiving messages instantaneously and staying in the loop with pre-loaded AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger. This stylish phone also features pre-loaded e-mail, a 1.3MP camera with video, a music player, a microSD memory port with 4GB support (4GB microSD card sold separately), Bluetooth wireless technology and Celltop, a patent-pending technology offering customers an easier way to access, manage and organize a wide range of information already available on their phones.
Alltel Wireless is offering the LG Scoop for $59.99 after a $40 mail-in-rebate at Alltel retail stores nationwide and online at shopalltel.com. This discounted price is available to new customers who sign-up for a two-year service agreement as well as existing eligible customers on qualifying rate plans.
“As the messaging revolution continues, Alltel Wireless wanted to give customers a phone that fits their social networking needs,” states Brian Ullem, vice president of device strategy for Alltel Wireless. “The LG Scoop, a phone that combines style with function allows customers to stay connected to their friends and family.”
“The text-friendly LG Scoop is an affordable, stylish and incredibly easy-to-use phone,” said Ehtisham Rabbani, vice president of product strategy & marketing for LG Mobile Phones. “As texting and multimedia application usage continues to soar in popularity, we are working to meet consumer demand with innovative products every step of the way.”
The LG Scoop is also the ideal phone for Alltel’s new service, Axcess Voice2TXT. The service, which is available on any Alltel Wireless SMS text message capable phone, quickly converts incoming voicemails to text messages in the customer’s inbox and also allows customers to store and forward converted voicemails as regular text messages. For more information on this innovative feature, please visit www.alltel.com/voice2txt.