Today Motorola announced that Alltel Wireless would be receiving the Motorola Q9c in two colors: licorice and lime. The move by Motorola to diversify the color scheme of the Q9c is a first and suprising considering the strong ties to Verizon.  The press release also makes a bold statement by calling Alltel Wireless, America’s largest network.  The Lime and Licorice Motorola Q9c’s will be $99.99 after the usual $100.00 mail-in rebate for new customers signing up  for a two-year contract and to existing customers eligible for an upgrade on qualifying rate plans.  As usual though, you will need to sign up with one of the Alltel Wireless Smart Choice packs that includes national voice minutes, unlimited Internet and email and My Circle which start at $89.99.

“MOTO Q 9c and MOTO Q 9c lime are great additions to Alltel’s portfolio of handsets,” said Brian Ullem, vice president of device strategy for Alltel Wireless. “This new generation Motorola smartphone provides customers with a powerful platform and a large suite of applications allowing convenience and productivity.”

The Lime Green and Licorice Motorola Q9cs will have the same specs as the existing Q9c with the exception of a new color.  2.4 inch QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera with flash and fixed focus, 128MB of on-board memory and support for up to 32GB memory cards when they become available.

Read on [at] the Motorola Press Release