Alcatel OT-915 with Android and QWERTY keyboard gets leaked on its way to the UK
Alcatel is still trying. Still trying to make a name for itself in the very competitive smartphone world. Last year during MWC, it showcased the OT-990, which only got a limited release a long time after. This year, the company’s back, apparently, and will have a new phone to show us at MWC once again. [...]
Alcatel Ultra 995 with Android Gingerbread showcased at CES 2012
Although it’s presence in the US market is insignificant, Alcatel was at CES 2012, too, and had an interesting Android smartphone to showcase: the Alcatel Ultra 995, also known as Alcatel OneTouch 995. The Ultra 995 runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and features a 4.3 inch WVGA display, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, GPS, 5MP rear camera with flash, [...]
T-Mobile Alcatel Sparq with QWERTY now available for your prepaid needs
Nowdays it’s all about smartphones. It seems inevitable that smartphones will take over the world, and featurephones (also known as dumbphones) will be rendered obsolete in a few years. Yet before that happens, there still are people who are very happy to use (just) a featurephone. People who value the simplicity of these devices, and [...]
Alcatel OneTouch 995 with Android Gingerbread (upgradeable to ICS) coming soon
Alcatel, which usually makes low-cost handsets, is getting ready to launch a relatively high-end Android smartphone soon. Called Alcatel OneTouch 995, the new device has been spotted in the Netherlands and, according to GSM HelpDesk, should be officially introduced at MWC 2012. The 995 looks pretty good, runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, and features a 4.3 [...]
Canada: Wind Mobile launches the affordable, Android-powered Alcatel One Touch 908s
If you’re in Canada and Wind Mobile is your carrier of choice, listen up. If you’d like to get an affordable Android-powered smartphone, even better – Wind Mobile now has something for you. The carrier has made the Alcatel One Touch 908s available today. This is an Android smartphone, but not in any way a [...]
Virgin Mobile JukeB runs Android Gingerbread, has full QWERTY keyboard
Virgin Mobile is getting ready to introduce a new Android smartphone, reportedly named “JukeB” – possibly coming from jukebox, although I can’t discover the music-related capabilities of the handset. Manufactured by TCT Mobile (the Chinese company that currently makes Alcatel phones), the Virgin Mobile JukeB runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, and features a full QWERTY keyboard, [...]
Alcatel OT-990 now available at O2 UK for £99.99 on Pay & Go
The Alcatel OT-990 Android-powered smartphone that we fondled back in February during MWC has finally become available in the UK. O2 has nabbed itself an exclusivity deal on this handset, and is now offering it on Pay & Go. The Alcatel OT-990 can be yours if you agree to part with £99.99. Despite the cheapish price, [...]
Alcatel One Touch 355 affordable QWERTY candybar featurephone on its way to T-Mobile UK
More than seven months after we first heard about its existence, the Alcatel One Touch 355 surfaces again. And while the first time it was apparently due to be released by Orange in the UK, today Alcatel has officially announced that the OT-355 is headed to T-Mobile. So it’s still very much an Everything Everywhere [...]
UK: Vodafone 555 Facebook phone now available for £62.50
Last month, Vodafone UK decided to officially introduce its own-brand 555 Blue Facebook phone, after we had previously seen it once in June. This device sort of competes with the HTC Salsa and ChaCha and the INQ Cloud Touch in the Facebook space, however it isn’t a smartphone like the aforementioned handsets. Nor does it [...]
Cheap Alcatel One Touch 602 England Rugby to bring its touchscreen to O2 in August
In the UK, O2 is prepping yet another handset to throw into the cheap phone race. The Alcatel One Touch 602 England Rugby comes with a touchscreen, as well as (you guessed it!) a rugby theme centered around the England team. The OT 602 Rugby’s touchscreen is incredibly small though at just 2.4 inches diagonally, [...]