Figure I'd chime in in case any other Alltel folks have read up to here. I used to be in touch with the Alltel folks on a regular basis; they used to give the whole "we prefer to come to the table later than everyone else, so that all the bugs & aggravation can be worked out by other carriers first" BS - even though they STILL get their fair share of bugs when they FINALLY bring new technology's out to their customers.
SO - with that said - anyone looking for an Alltel update of any sort can expect it to be - and I say this with pretty strong confidence - somewhere on or after 3rd quarter of 09...maybe...if testing is successful...or not...or something...I think :P
So - hopefully our master ROM makers will continue to hook up us Alltel folks once the Sprint official comes out