LG Glimmer (LG-AX830) for Alltel

LG just announced a new member of its Black Label series of handsets called Glimmer and it's heading to Alltel. And now it's only up to Alltel to officially start selling it. LG Glimmer (LG-AX830) is an interesting development on a highly popular LG Black label series Shine phone platform. LG kept the cool looks and form factor of Shine phones intact, made a display 0.6? bigger and added touchscreen capabilities to it.

The upcoming device has a slider form factor and among other things comes with EV-DO support, 2.8" 262K color 240×400 touchscreen, 2 MP camera, Bluetooth, microSD slot, and 800 mAh battery which reportedly should provide users with up to 3.5 hours of talk and 7 days of standby time.

Alltell LG Glimmer specifications include:
+ 1900/800 MHz dual band CDMA connectivity, High Speed EVDO data
+ 2.8? 262K color, 240×400 px touchscreen display
+ 2 megapixel camera
+ 128MB of internal memory
+ microSD memory card slot
+ Bluetooth 1.2, USB connectivity
+ 800 mAh battery for 3.5 hrs talk and 7 days standby time
+ Dimensions: 4?x2.05?x0.59?
+ Weight: 4.48 oz

We all hope to see this GSM/ worldwide version of Glimmer touchscreen slider in CTIA in April.