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Remember the Alcatel OT986 aka TCL S900? If you don’t, let me quickly remind you that it’s the single-best smartphone wearing Alcatel’s brand — it comes with TI’s 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, 4.5-inch 720p IPS display, 5-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing one, 1GB of RAM, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, 8GB of built-in memory, microSD expansion slot,…
Stop the presses. Alcatel unveiled a new device that is actually pretty cool. Marked as OT986 — and to be sold under the name of TCL S900 in China — it’s an Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone with surprisingly high-end specs that include a 4.5-inch 720 HD screen and TI OMAP 4460 dual-core processor clocked…
Guess who’s moving to higher realms of the smartphone market? Alcatel! No they’re not out with a quad-core device, not even a dual-core one, but a decent single-core model with a 4.3-inch WVGA screen and Qualcomm’s processor clocking at 1.4GHz. In addition, the newly announced One Touch Ultra 995 also packs a 5-megapixel camera on…
And we thought Alcatel has left the Western markets for good. Guess again, the company plans to unveil a new product at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – OT-915. The low-end device has appeared at ElectricPig and will apparently be available in the UK by the end of this year. It’s a BlackBerry-like…
Alcatel will soon launch a new Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone – One Touch 918. The device already got clearance from the Bluetooth SIG and has earned its place at Alcatel’s website, hinting us the launch is imminent. Specs wise, it comes with a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera, FM radio,…
Alcatel is preparing to launch a high-end-ish device at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. From what we’ve heard, the forthcoming OneTouch 995 will sport a big 4.3-inch touchscreen (most likely WVGA – 480×800 pixels), 5-megapixel camera on the back, 1.4GHz single-core processor, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread will run the…
If you want to sell a device in the United States that emits a wireless signal then you need to have it certified. Unfortunately, the companies who submit their devices for certification never really follow the proper procedures to make sure that members of the media don’t get a whiff of unannounced hardware. Thanks to…
If you’re living or working in the UK, and are looking for a cheap ticket to the Android smartphone world, perhaps O2 has the right product for ya’. The Telefónica-owned operator is offering the Alcatel OT-990 for 99.99 GBP on PAYG. That’s an awesome deal for a device that comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen,…
And the latest company to join the overhyped tablet market is… (drums please)… Alcatel. The handset maker which we usually know for their low-end products (with few exceptions), may bring the same philosophy to this space, as well. In return, we may get an affordable Android tablet that would offer great value for the money…
Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent are showing off multi-player gaming over 4G LTE, which is now live in parts of the United States. The appeal is that the games are being played globally, so users can play with or against each other in real time all over the world. Verizon and Alcatel-Lucent were showing off games…