Alltel wants to make your phone an iPod for $5 per month

Posted September 24, 2008 at 01:15 PM by JG Mason

Section: Audio, Portable Audio, Communications, Cellphones, Cellular Providers, Mobile

Alltel, the owner of the world’s

America’s (meaning USA) largest wireless network, announced today they will be offering the nuTsie service on select phones bringing customers their iTunes music wherever they are, just like an iPhone.  nuTsie says they’ve got over 1 million happy users and the Alltel deal gives them direct access to even more.  Alltel will become the first wireless carrier to offer the service to their customers. 

Forget syncing, nuTsie works via low-bandwidth streaming.  No downloading, sideloading or waiting.  Seems like a simple idea.  In addition to offering access to users iTunes music, a clever “Serendipity Slider” allows music recommendations to be be played as well opening up users to new music.  Customers can also share playlists, check out lyrics and view YouTube videos, if the phone supports these features.  Alltel is offering the service for $5 per month or $19 per year.

The phone is for you

Alltel has plenty of phones that can take advantage of this service including the MOTORAZR, MOTOKRZR, LG’s AX565, and The Wafer by Samsung.  There are plenty more, check Alltel’s site for more details.

Remember “Peaches”?

“nuTsie offers Alltel Wireless customers an easy, inexpensive way to access their iTunes libraries on the go and to hear new music from other users’ playlists and from our own programmed music,“ added Dave Dederer, Vice President of Business Development at Melodeo and founding member of the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum rock band The Presidents of the United States of America.

Anyone out there using nuTsie?  Let us know what you think of the service and if it is worth the $19/year in the comments.

Product page [nuTsie] and [Alltel]