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Virgin Mobile Adorns Venture Presale with Formal Press Release

by Quentyn Kennemer on March 13th, 2012 No Comments

The Venture, an exposed QWERTY device for Virgin Mobile, was spotted available for presale the other day. It mysteriously appeared without any press release, but Sprint and Virgin Mobile have today released one for those of you who absolutely need one. Nothing’s changed – it’s still coming out on March 15th for $100, still has [...]

Alcatel Ultra 995 is a Decent Stock Android Phone That Most Will Never See [CES 2012]

by Quentyn Kennemer on January 12th, 2012 No Comments

We ran across Alcatel  at CES this year and they came with a pretty decent Android device. It’s being called the Alcatel Ultra 995 and is a stock Android 2.3 device. We’re not sure which carrier it’s aimed at but we do understand that it’s only being aimed at the Asian market for the time [...]

Alcatel OneTouch Series Hands-on [MWC] [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on February 16th, 2011 3 Comments

Alcatel’s looking to bring affordable Android devices to Europe with their OneTouch series. We stopped by their humble abode here at Mobile World Congress just to see what type of value they provide for their customers. There were three phones on hand starting with the OneTouch 990. Alcatel calls this their flagship Android handset. It [...]

Things We Missed, You Shouldn’t [Feb. 8th]

by Kevin Krause on February 8th, 2011 5 Comments

The DROID Eris has been brought to life, Toshiba’s gearing up to tease their Honeycomb tablet, and Lego ROMs are gracing your LG Optimus S. These are things we missed that we didn’t have time to throw up on the front page, so be sure to go through the list and see if you can [...]

Alcatel OT-980 Slider Phone Headed to France

by Quentyn Kennemer on July 13th, 2010 No Comments

It’s not often we see an Android device with a portrait mode physical keyboard. It’s even more rare to see a device with a portrait mode physical keyboard which is exposed by a vertical sliding mechanism. That’s exactly what Alcatel’s bringing with the OT-980. We first suggested that this was the same device that snuck [...]

Alcatel To Bring ‘Aspirational’ Prepay Android This Year

by Kevin Krause on June 25th, 2010 7 Comments

Alcatel, manufacturer of low-priced handsets for the pay-as-you-go crowd, is looking to take advantage of an arena where Android has treaded lightly to date: the prepay cell phone market. Big wig William Peterson recently confirmed the company’s plans to launch products using Android. Not only that, but he promised in a conversation with Mobile Today [...]

Palm Pre-ish Alcatel OT-980 Coming In May

by Rob Jackson on February 15th, 2010 5 Comments

The Alcatel OT-9880 isn’t the flashiest Android Phone with the most killer specs but it DEFINITELY stands out and if you ask us, it’s because of the undeniable resemblance to the Palm Pre. We first saw this phone on February 1st and now we’re getting a release timeframe: May in the UK. The phone is [...]