One of my favorite iPhone features is the ability to see what city a caller is from, even if the Caller ID can’t resolve the actual callers phone number. I don’t know if this feature is specific to the iPhone or if it works on all AT&T handsets. In any case, it is now available on LG, Samsung and Motorola handsets for the Alltel Wireless network. Their press release (not on their site at time of writing) indicates that they’re the “first carrier to offer the enhanced Caller ID feature”, but my iPhone begs to differ. Maybe they mean they’re the first to charge extra for it: it’s a free 15-day trial and then costs $1.99 a month after that. As much I like it, I don’t think I’d pay for it if I had to.In fairness, I suspect there’s a slight difference in the Alltel implementation. On my iPhone, I can only see the City ID information in the recent call list, meaning I can’t see where the call originated while receiving the call. From the sound of the e-mail I received from Alltel, you should be able to see the city and state of the caller as the call comes in.
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