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Alcatel has just announced a budget-minded smartphone that can run three different mobile OS’s at any given time and an Android Wear powered smartwatch line The new Alcatel Pixi 3 comes in a few different flavors. First there’s a 3G only Pixi with a 3.5 inch display, and three 4G models with screen sizes of 4, 4.5…
MetroPCS has introduced the company’s first tablet, the Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7. The mid-range tablet is priced at $149 off contract, with data plan pricing beginning at $10 a month. You’ll have to go to your local MetroPCS store to grab the new tablet though, it won’t be sold online. The Alcatel Pop 7 touts…
HTC has seen better days. What used to be one of the best smartphone makers in the world is now struggling to meet investors’ expectations and stay relevant in the ever competitive mobile market. The Taiwanese company is not only facing Samsung and Apple, but also the emerging players from China like Xiaomi, Meizu and…
Windows Phone is getting on the 64-bit bandwagon though the first device with such chip doesn’t come from a major handset maker. Rather, it’s Alcatel which made the first 64-bit smartphone running Microsoft’s mobile platform. However, the newly announced Alcatel Pop 2 isn’t exactly a powerhouse under the hood. It comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 410…
We’re still picking up the slack from the IFA show in Berlin. Alcatel One Touch is one of those companies we failed to mention in the last few days; they used their German visit to unveil two interesting products, the Hero 2 phablet and Hero 8 tablet. The first of the two is made to…
Alcatel has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for its Idol X+ smartphone. According to the company’s Facebook page, the new software is pushed out to all existing users of the phone running Jelly Bean. Alcatel hasn’t mentioned any details about its own software tweaks, so we’re guessing they haven’t added that much. This,…
Another day, another rumor. This time we want to tell you about two different smartphones heading to T-Mobile and AT&T. First comes the Samsung Galaxy Avant (model number SM-G386), which is heading to the Magenta network. We’re clueless what this phone is all about, but we doubt it will turn any heads. Chances are this…
We’ve seen a number of dirt-cheap tablets in our time. Alas, most of those came from little known Chinese companies; while Alcatel is now owned by China’s TCL, it’s not exactly an unknown company. After announcing three new phones and an LTE-enabled low-end tablet, they’re out with another tablet targeting the very low-end of the…
TCL, which is the owner of the Alcatel brand, has great plans for the future. During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the company has demoed its smartbook concept to Engadget. The 11-inch MacBook Air-like laptop has no brains of its own; it rather relies on the hardware of a smartphone to effectively transform it into…
Alcatel is not fooling around. The three new POP S series phones are not the only thing the company wanted to unveil at Mobile World Congress; there’s a also new tablet. While the OneTouch POP 7S is not the sexiest tablet we’ve seen to date, it will (apparently) offer quite a bang for the buck.…