Alltel Wireless is attempting to make email easily accessible and more convenient for its subscribers with Alltel Mobile E-mail.

The wireless carrier's mobile email application lets Alltel customers access their Web-based personal and work email accounts, contacts and calendar events from their Windows Mobile smartphones and other select Alltel handsets.

"Alltel Mobile Email was introduced to create a better experience for the customer," said Eric Hutchins, product manager of email solutions for Alltel Wireless, Little Rock, AR. "With easy setup instructions, email icons right on the main and multiple account access, it's easy to have access to email while on the go.

"Most customers use at least one email account -- personal or work -- and to have this ability with any kind of Alltel device makes it a great increase to the Alltel plans and offers," he said.

The application can be downloaded directly to the handsets without additional software or support.

Alltel Mobile E-mail is sold as a subscription service.

Alltel Mobile E-mail will be included on Windows Mobile smartphones, including the new HTC Touch Pro, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC PPC 6800, HTC Touch, Motorola Q, Motorola Q9c and Palm Treo 700wx.

The application is also available to consumers on select phones such as the new Samsung Delve, LG Scoop, Samsung Hue, MotoRAZR V3a and MotoK1m.

For smartphones such as HTC Touch Diamond, Alltel Mobile Email is included with the Alltel Smart Choice Plans.

For the new BREW devices such as Samsung Delve and the LG Swift, Alltel Mobile E-mail is included within Alltel Connect Packs for premium content or sold separately for $3.99 per month.

Customers who choose to check their personal email from their smartphones can use Alltel Mobile E-mail to automatically connect to email services such as Gmail, AOL, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail by entering their username and password once to establish the connection to their phone.

Alltel Mobile E-mail is also compatible with Microsoft Outlook Web Access, or OWA, letting customers to sync their work calendars and contacts without IT support or the need to run any software inside the firewall.

Small and medium-size businesses can deploy and support Alltel Mobile E-mail using Workgroup Connector, powered by Seven, a desktop software solution that lets one computer centrally manage mobile email access for up to 25 employees. It also provides access to Microsoft Exchange and other POP/IMAP corporate email servers.

Alltel Wireless' "My Circle" feature gives customers unlimited calling to and from any five, 10 or 20 "My Circle" numbers on any network.

Alltel Wireless also offers Anytime Plan Changes, which gives customers the flexibility to change their calling plans at any time, without extending their current contract.

Alltel has more than 14 million customers, making it the No. 5 carrier nationwide. Verizo Wireless is the new owner.

Alltel Mobile E-mail targets any customer that uses an email account.

"With Alltel E-mail on both Smartphone's and BREW devices we provide a wide range of available devices where customers can have their personal email accounts and also work with OWA," Mr. Hutchins said. "Alltel Mobile E-mail is becoming more and more popular with the launch of the new Samsung Delve, HTC Touch-Diamond and HTC Touch-Pro.

"We have seen significant growth since we launched and huge take rates with the new embedded application on the Samsung Delve," he said.