[jasond212000]

Cant u still send and recieve sms picture messages with this phone

[jsconyers]

Not as SMS. If you have an option for MMS, then you should be able to send picture mail that way.

[jasond212000]

so you cant send and recieve pictures like u can on a regular cell phone

[jsconyers]

Yes, you can as MMS. Not as SMS.

[jsconyers]

Furthermore, you may need to have a messaging or data plan from Alltel.

I know Alltel recently added MMS capabilities to their BlackBerry devices. I am not sure if you need to upgrade your OS to 4.5. You needed to with Sprint in order to gain MMS capabilities.