ALCATEL OT-355 QWERTY PHONE

Orange UK has listed the new Alcatel mobile phone, the Alcatel OT-355, which is the design resembles the previous model, the Alcatel OT-255.The handset is a budget phone with a QWERTY keyboard and a small color screen.Alcatel OT-355 phone is equipped with 0.3 megapixel camera, microSD card slot (up to 4GB), music player, and FM tuner with support for RDS. The battery is enabling up to 9 hours in talk time, up to a week of standby time. There is not reported on pricing but offers the Alcatel OT-355 to Pay As You Go (PAYG). ...

Alcatel Lucent runs first rural UK LTE pilot

French vendor Alcatel Lucent running LTE trial in rural Wales in 800MHz band already vacated by digital switchover.The UK’s first rural Long Term Evolution (LTE) trial has kicked off in the Preseli Mountains in West Wales to evaluate whether ’4G’ LTE is economically and technically viable for rural areas with no broadband coverage, or with broadband speeds lower than 2Mbps.The three-month pilot is being carried out by telecoms equipment vendor Alcatel Lucent and communications technology provider and media services company Arqiva.The trial uses the 800MHz spectrum band, ...

Alcatel OT-880 Smartphone

The Alcatel OT-880 is an advanced type of smartphone. Alcatel goes a step further and aims at the user that wants to get the most value for his money with the Alcatel OT-880 Crossover Experience. And he also gets more than he would normally expect. What to think of a Smartphone with a touch screen and a complete QWERTY keypad? The combination of both is equal to having the best of both worlds, at least in the experience of the basic level consumer that has both for the first time. In any case, the Alcatel OT-880 Smartphone offers flexibility and makes it possible to update social networks ...

Alcatel OT-710 Smartphone

We will highlight a few Alcatel Smartphone. Such as the new Alcatel Touch Experience, or Alcatel OT-710, a new Smartphone from Alcatel which emphasizes Fun and Experience. The Alcatel OT-710 is a cheap alternative for a Smartphone, but is equipped with a relatively large display. This is obviously not a high-end cell phone, but that is also not the part of the market that Alcatel is focusing on, or hoping to claim a market share of. The Alcatel OT-710 Touch Experience will be successful for its price / quality ratio. ...

Alcatel Smartphones

Next to a large pile of cell phones that were already available on the market last year, we still saw a nice series of Alcatel Smartphones in a small demo space in the Mobile World Congress complex. According to a spokesperson from TCT Mobile, especially the Alcatel One Touch Tribe and the One Touch Mini were successful last year. To match this success a bit, TCT Mobile introduced a new series of Alcatel cell phones. Alcatel’s most important spearheads are an excellent price /quality ratio, user-friendliness, and a unique design. But aren’t these the features that every cell ...

LG announces Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade line-up

LG has announced the full range of its smartphones that will get the tasty Ice Cream Sandwich update in 2012 alongside the LG Optimus 2X.It’s basically just high-end smartphones that were launched this year, so we’ll see Android 4.0 land on the LG Optimus Black, LG Optimus 3D and, in the US, the LG Optimus LTE.The company already announced that the LG Optimus 2X will be seeing Ice Cream Sandwich hit its innards when it was forced to clear up rumours to the contrary. ...

LG Extravert Hits Verizon’s Prepaid Lineup

Verizon Wireless recently added the LG Extravert to its lineup of prepaid cell phones. The Extravert is a sideways slider with full QWERTY keyboard for messaging and a 2.8-inch WQVGA touch screen (400 x 240 pixels). It runs on LG’s feature phone touch OS and is limited to 1X data. The Extravert claims to be green, with 30% of the battery cover coming from recycled materials, and no cadmium, lead, or mercury in the battery. The box it ships in is made from 76% recycled materials, and the in-box materials is made from 60% recycled materials. The Extravert features a 2-megapixel camera ...

LG Outs Plan to Upgrade Some Smartphones to Android 4.0

LG today indicated via its Facebook page that it will update a handful of its Android smartphones to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The first wave of phones LG is committing to update includes the Optimus 2X, the Optimus Black, the Optimus 3D, and the Optimus LTE. These phones are available in markets outside the U.S. LG said that it is still evaluating whether or not it can upgrade other devices, such as those sold by T-Mobile (G2X) and AT&T (Thrill 4G). LG will provide more details on the upgrade schedule later this year. ...

Sony Ericsson Killing Its Sync Service

Sony Ericsson recently revealed that it is going to discontinue its Sony Ericsson Sync service, which was meant to help users of Sony Ericsson devices, such as the Xperia line of smartphones, keep their contacts synced properly across devices. In a note posted to its support forums Sony Ericsson lays out the steps users need to take to make sure their contacts and other date are backed up. Sony Ericsson recommends that its users switch to Google Sync or other similar services for their future syncing needs. ...

LG Nitro HD for AT&T Packs LTE and HD Display

AT&T today announced the LG Nitro HD, a new Android smartphone that supports AT&T’s Long Term Evolution 4G and HSPA+ networks, and includes a 4.5-inch AH-IPS (Advanced High-Performance In-Plane Switching) display with 1280 x 720 pixels for HD resolution. LG says the display offers 500 nit brightness, which lets it be used in direct sunlight, and RGB stripe pixels, which it says offer better color representation. Other features of the Nitro HD include a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera, 4GB of built-in memory (plus microSD support), Wi-Fi Direct, and DLNA. It ...