Alltel offers City ID feature for $1.99 a month, insists they’re the first one

Alltel Wireless network handsets from Motorola, Samsung, and LG can now show the City ID information of the caller. The feature isn’t exactly something new since iPhone and other AT&T handsets currently have this, however Alltel Wireless is claiming that they’re the first to offer such a caller ID feature. Alltel’s claims to be the first maybe true, that is, being the first to charge $1.99 a month with a 15-day trial period as compared to AT&T’s free of charge.

However, Alltel’s City ID’s effort seems better than the iPhone’s because with Alltel, you can see the caller’s state and city for incoming calls while with iPhone, you can only view it in the recent call list. Okay, so maybe the $1.99 a month extra may be worth it after all.

Via [jkOnTheRun]