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Alcatel One Touch Idol is now available for purchase in the U.S. through www.alcatelonetouchidol.com for $299. That money obviously gets you an unlocked, SIM-free device that you can later on use with AT&T as it won’t work with other networks. Recently featured in Iron Man 3, the One Touch Idol is a super-thin (7.9mm) mid-end…
The fledgling Firefox OS may soon be powering a tablet, according to a report from Focus Taiwan. According to the report, Firefox and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. will be unveiling a new mobile device on June 3rd at a press event. Both Hon Hai and Mozilla have not commented on the report, but Focus…
Firefox OS device launch plans have been confirmed today by Telefonica, which will be bringing Alcatel and ZTE devices to Spain, Colombia and Venezuela in Q3 2013. Firefox OS handsets manufactured by LG, Huawei and Sony will be launched in Q4 2013. Carriers that have pledged support for the nascent smartphone OS are Deutsche Telekom…
TCL Communication, which owns the ALCATEL brand, has scored a big product placement deal for the upcoming Iron Man 3. Their ONE TOUCH Idol will be used in the upcoming blockbuster, though we’re not sure Tony Stark will be the one making phone calls with ALCATEL’s baby. To celebrate this marketing achievement, the company is…
Alcatel prepared quite a show at its Mobile World Congress booth. The handset maker had a ton of devices on display, many of which had their world premier in Barcelona. That Firefox OS-based One Touch Fire was just one of them and it obviously got the biggest attention. One thing is certain – Alcatel is…
Alcatel has released a new entry-level smartphone that will be running the new Firefox OS, the Alcatel One Touch Fire, and we’ve finally gotten our hands on it. At 3.5 inches, the Fire seems a little small in the age of bigger screens and phablet type devices. Proving the old adage of size doesn’t matter,…
Alcatel One Touch Star was shown off at Mobile World Congress 2013. The Touch Star is a budget-friendly handset powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box. On the design side of things, the Star has a sleek finish to it, and it comes in white, black, or pink. The plastic doesn’t do…
Alcatel unveiled its new 5-inch handset known as the One Touch Idol X. This device sports an ultra thin border around its edges and a quad-core processor under the hood. The One Touch Idol X carries some respectable features and specs, including a 1080p resolution display, 16GB of internal storage with an microSD card slot…
Alcatel recently announced a new family of devices at Mobile World Congress, each catering to a different market. While most of said devices are rocking Android, one of the new smartphones, the One Touch Fire, ships with Mozilla’s Firefox OS. The new devices, LTE One Touch Idol, One Touch Idol X , One Touch Fire,…
Alcatel unveiled a new smartphone before Mobile World Congress. The new One Touch Star is a low-to-mid end device with specs that include a 4-inch WVGA (800×480) screen, 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, 5-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing one, a microSD card slot, HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0 and 1,500…