PhoneDog.com - The latest about the Lg Glimmer

USER COMMENT: Re: LG Glimmer

10/4/2009 10:15:41 PM

can a lg glimmer be on prepaid

USER COMMENT: Re: LG Glimmer

8/18/2009 7:14:04 PM

............maybe

USER COMMENT: Re: LG Glimmer

1/23/2009 9:58:16 PM

why did they discontinue this phone? :( does anyone know if lg is comming out with a new phone for us cellular

USER REVIEW: New Touch Screen Phone? Or A LG AX8600 With A Touchscreen?

1/18/2009 11:55:00 AM

PROSTouchscreen,2MegaPixl Camera,Music Player,Bluetooth.
CONS
No Style!!!!!!!
SUMMARY
This phone is good and bad.The LG AX8600 is just about the same thing but with a touchscreen.It has no to little fun features on it.Its music player is ok,but its battery life is poor.Me myself use it for txting alot and because of it I have to charge it everyday.It has no physical or touchscreen qwerty keyboard.

USER REVIEW: GLIMMER IS A HIT!

8/7/2008 7:05:59 PM
PROSHas a big enough touchscreen to do what you want without mistakingly touching something you didn't want to touch
CONS
If you turn the volume for the music above medium you can clearly hear a kind of static sound
SUMMARY
This phone is a excellent phone with many features not for any one who needs a solid music phone or for any one who wants to show off but a really good phone I HIGHLY RECCOMEND THIS PHONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

USER REVIEW: Brad

8/5/2008 9:31:04 PM
PROS
CONS
SUMMARY
man i love this phone. its the best phone ive had. i didnt think it would be this good but its AWESOME. if i were yall i would get this phone

USER REVIEW: Glimmer? I think not

7/7/2008 9:17:02 PM
PROSTouch screen is fun for like a day, and it had good updates.
CONS
Battery life sucked to say the least, froze sometimes and the lack of arrows was no fun.
SUMMARY
I wanted to throw it on the ground a couple of times..but considering how much I paid for it, I thought otherwise. Maybe its good for someone, but not me!

ARTICLE: Update : Verizon IS Buying Alltel for $28.1 Billion

6/5/2008 2:30:00 PM
Quick update: Yesterday's reports were true and Verizon Wireless is buying Alltel for $28.1 billion. The deal was announced by VZW today and will make them the US' largest cellular carrier, passing current #1 AT&T.
According to Reuters, "Verizon Wireless would acquire the equity of Alltel for $5.9 billion and assume an estimated $22.2 billion in debt, incurred primarily when Alltel was taken private in a leveraged buyout last November by TPG Capital (TPG.UL) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc's (GS.N) GS Capital Partners." VZW will get more CMDA network territory, more subscribers, and of course the rights to yell "We're #1" all over the TV this summer.
The big question, though is whether or not the deal will make the LG Glimmer available to VZW subscribers. That's too sweet a phone to have been relegated to a regional-only carrier for so long.

ARTICLE: Top 5 : Top 5 New Spring Phones

5/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
So there's a wee bit of a lull here in PhoneDog Land between the first wave of phones released after CTIA and the coming Summer onslaught of new handsets. iPhone 3G, Sprint Instinct, and HTC Touch Diamond should all be hitting the streets within the next few months, along with the Verizon Dare, BlackBerry Bold, and a few new T-Mobile handsets of interest.

Until then, let's take a moment to look at the 5 best new cell phones to hit the market this Spring:

1. LG Vu - AT&T
I fear I'm being irrationally swayed here, but only just a little bit. I really like Vu. Is it the best multimedia phone AT&T currently offers? No; that'd be iPhone. Is AT&T's new Mobile TV service worth an extra $15/month? No. But Vu handles media - including Mobile TV - really well on its 3" touchscreen, and it's zippy 3G data speeds leave iPhone in the dust (at least for a few more weeks). Beyond that, I love Vu's sleek, lightweight body and clear, colorful menu system. And Vu's touchscreen is just about the best I've tried this side of that other phone I already mentioned twice in this paragraph. Too bad there's no 3.5mm headphone jack or flash for the camera, though.

2. LG Glimmer - Alltel
Pity this one's only available on Alltel. Nothing against Little A, but the rest of the country should get to experience the joy of Glimmer. It's like an LG Venus with a full touchscreen in the body of an LG Shine. Seriously, I really liked the original Shine's industrial design but found it lacking in the "fancy tech" department. And while Venus is pretty to look at, that half-touchscreen kind of annoys me. So here's the answer: Metal body, slider with a real dialing keypad, and a full touchscreen. Sign me up!

Oh, wait ... Alltel doesn't offer service where I live. Sigh.

3. Samsung Glyde - Verizon Wireless
Glyde's got its issues - a wonky touchscreen and scratch-prone body, namely - but I still really like it. Samsung and VZW took the mighty F700 and shrunk it down to a cute little phone with a surprisingly comfortable slide-out QWERTY board. The full HTML browser is hampered by a touchscreen that can make link-clicking rather frustrating, but scrolling through menus and contact lists by fingertip generally works okay. Glyde's definitely a "try before you buy" phone - I was won over by its form factor, but you might be kept at arm's length by that flaky touchscreen.

4. LG EnV2 - Verizon Wireless
EnV2 is a solid offering in VZW's now-crowded messaging phone lineup. I really like that LG shrunk EnV's size but still managed to give its successor a larger internal display and very comfortable QWERTY keypad. Points off for looking like a lame retro calculator from the outside, but points back on for giving EnV2 one of the easiest-to-use dialing keypads you'll find on any phone anywhere.

5. (Tie) BlackBerry Curve - T-Mobile & Verizon Wireless
If the Curve itself were actually a new model, the TMo and VZW releases would have ranked in the Top 3 of this list, at least. The T-Mobile Curve features Wi-Fi connectivity for fast Web browsing and UMA calling via TMo's HotSpot@Home plan, while the Verizon version is a full-on 3G smartphone. But the Curve itself isn't really "new," so I just can't rank it any higher. Bring on the Bold!

VIDEO: LG Glimmer touchscreen phone Alltel - Hands on at CTIA '08

4/9/2008 12:00:00 AM
Currently available with Alltel Wireless, Noah got his hands on the LG Glimmer at CTIA last week. The first touchscreen to be a part of the Alltel line-up, the Glimmer is a solid slider device with haptic feedback, media player, micro USB port, and an easy to read menu system from LG that helps you navigate thru all that Alltel has to offer.

ARTICLE: LG Glimmer touchscreen phone Alltel - Hands on at CTIA '08

4/9/2008 12:00:00 AM
Currently available with Alltel Wireless, Noah got his hands on the LG Glimmer at CTIA last week. The first touchscreen to be a part of the Alltel line-up, the Glimmer is a solid slider device with haptic feedback, media player, micro USB port, and an easy to read menu system from LG that helps you navigate thru all that Alltel has to offer.

ARTICLE: Glimmer: Alltel Wireless launches LG Glimmer

3/12/2008 12:00:00 AM
As reported a few weeks ago, Alltel will launch the LG Glimmer handset on March 13. Glimmer is a sliderphone very reminiscent of the LG Shine, but the addition of a touchscreen, making it a very sexy and very innovative device, at least on paper.

Glimmer features a 2MP camera, integrated GPS, and a media player that supports a wide variety of audio and video file formats and packs 128MB of memory for media and gaming support. The phone will be packaged with a 3.5mm stereo headphone adapter for use with your favorite headphones, and also features a microSD memory card slot.

Though as of my writing this Glimmer is listed as out of stock on Alltel's Website, word has it that the phone will be available on March 13. Engadget Mobile says $250 after rebates will get you your Glimmer if you're willing to sign a two-year contract.

Check out the Glimmer on Alltel's product page.

ARTICLE: Sexy: LG Glimmer coming to Alltel next month?

2/27/2008 12:00:00 AM
A poster over at Howard Forums seems to have the scoop on a very hot looking new LG handset that may be an Alltel exclusive set to launch in mid-March. The Glimmer looks like a Shine with a touchscreen - it's a slider phone that goes one better than the LG Venus for VZW by adding a full touchscreen instead of Venus' menus-only touch sensitive area on the lower portion of the display.

The images of Glimmer's press release look pretty legit (links below), and the phone itself looks pretty sweet. A 2.8" touch screen with haptic feedback, music player with stereo Bluetooth support and microSD memory card slot, two megapixel shooter with flash, and EVDO data access with Web and YouTube browsers all add up to a pretty nice looking piece of kit.

And several references to Alltel service scattered about the spec sheet mean this could be a rare coup for the carrier ... and a pretty sexy one at that.

Click to see the front and back of the LG Glimmer press release.

Check out the LG Glimmer rumors thread on Howards Forum.