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The mobile phones manufactured by Alcatel, a company headquartered in Paris, France, are most of the times entry-level ones, with basic features, which makes them, of course, affordable devices. This is why the new OT-707 and OT-800 couldn’t be an exception to this rule, even if they come with some interesting features.

What makes them both two interesting appearances, consists of some specs that you most probably wouldn’t have expect to find on their board. Therefore, Alcatel OT-707 is the first ever Alcatel handset to come with a touchscreen display, while the other one, the OT-800, is the first to be equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard.

Now, the first one, the OT-707, looks quite good and is being perfect for people who want a touchscreen phone, but who don’t have an impressive budget for such an acquisition. The features include: a dual band GSM/GPRS connectivity (900/1800 MHz), a 2.3 inch TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels and 262k colors, Bluetooth connectivity with A2DP,a 1.3 megapixel camera, music player and FM radio, an internal memory of only 10MB and a microSD card slot for expandable capacity storage of no more than 2GB.

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Measuring only 95x53x13 millimeters, the phone provides up to 8 hours of talk time and up to 350 hours of stand-by time. As far as the price is concerned, the OT-707 is expected to be sold under a price of no more than 100 Euros (approximately $126).

Alcatel OT-800, on the other hand, comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, a tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/1900 MHz), a display with a resolution of 320x240 pixels and 262k colors, Opera Mini, a 2 megapixel camera and FM radio with RDS. It measures 111x58x14 millimeters. The retail price is expected to be similar to the other device.

In both cases, the information about the availability is unknown, but the cheap touchscreen phones coming from Alcatel should go on sale in the next couple of months.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

Alcatel mobile phones fans must be a little bit disappointed by the fact that the company isn’t what you can call a prolific company as far as the novelty and the promotion are concerned. But the latest handset expected to come out under this brand surely deserved a bit of our attention. This means that Alcatel is still hanging around, if you dared to think otherwise!

Maybe you won’t be able to say much about this brand new device by only looking at the design, but there are some features that worth mentioning. Called Alcatel OT-I650, the phone is an entry-level one that comes equipped with a G-sensor (you might know it as an accelerometer). The whole idea of including this is to help the user to handle the phone more easily. This way, switching between applications – like music player, games, alarm – will be a piece of cake from now on. The only thing you have to do is simply shake the phone, which means that the handset has some sort of a Shake Control function, similar to lots of Sony Ericsson phones. There is no doubt about the fact that the shake control feature will prove itself to be very useful when playing games.

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Besides the shake control function, the OT-I650 is also a sporty device, as it integrates a pedometer that helps you keep a count of every stop.

Alcatel OT-I650 is a candybar manufactured by TCL Communication Technology, a Chinese company that produces Alcatel cell phones instead of the French-based Alcatel, which is now part of the Alcatel-Lucent joint venture.



Other specs of the new Alcatel phone that should be taken in consideration include: a music player, FM radio, Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel camera, flashlight, a talk time of up to 12 hours and stand-by time of up to 30 days (which sounds pretty amazing, right?).



Alcatel OT-I650 will first be available in Russia, in two colors (black and orange) and can be purchased for an amount of 3,190 Russian rubles. That’s about $120, so the phone is quite cheap. There are no words on the availability of the handset in other parts of the world.

(Source cellphonebeat.com)

Earlier in May, Alcatel has launched the One Touch S319 handset, an oval clamshell with an unusual design, like most Alcatel cell phones. Continuing the Essence family of models, OT-S319 sports a curves keyboard, an 1.8-inch cSTN display if 128 x 160 pixels and 65K colors, as well as large display fonts, 3 direct access keys destined for the main functionalities like settings, events and phone book, and black exterior contrasting with the silver finish on the inside.



The mobile phone supports WAP and GPRS data transfer technologies, featuring MP3 player, GSM 900 / DCS 1800 frequencies, 5-people conference calls, games, handsfree, and 500k user memory. It is an entry-level cell phone measuring 90.5 x 44.5 x 18 mm at 90 grams, with 7 hours talk time and 400 hours of standby.

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Another handset announced in the same period as the One Touch S319, is Alcatel OT-S520 from the same Essence family. This one is a bar type model that even if it's smaller measuring just 11 mm thickness, comes with integrated camcorder function meaning you can use it as a web camera connected to your computer, and it also supports MP3 songs, GSM 900 / DCS 1800 bands, handsfree, GPRS, WAP, having 2MB user memory.
It has a 1.8-inch cTSN display of 128 x 160 pixels and 65K colors and provides up to 10 hours of talk time and 400 hours of standby.
It comes in Black and Cherry-Red colors.

And the third new addition to the Essence series is Alcatel OT-S320, which looks almost exactly as the One Touch S319, but with a rich red interior frame around the keypad. It is an entry-level cell phone, like the previous 2 described, and in plus it comes with FM radio with RDS functionality to let the user listen to the favorite tunes on the go while seeing track and station information, and Bluetooth wireless connectivity with other compatible devices.

At the beginning of this month I was telling you that Alcatel has announced its 2008 cell phones collection and one of them is OT-E206a that will be the first model to be released by O2 Wireless in US.
It is not a cool cell phone but is sleek, black and easy to slip in your pocket, coming with the basic phone functions for everyday use at a reasonable price.
Alcatel OT-E206a works on GSM 900 / 1800 bands, and allows you to talk for up to 5 hours continuously, having a stand-by time of 250 hours.

It doesn’t have GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WLAN, Bluetooth, Infrared, USB, built-in camera or Internet browser, but it provides 250 entries for the phone book, polyphonic ringtones on 8 channels, vibration,SMS,and 2 pre-installed games.
It weighs 2.43 oz at 3.85 x 1.67 x 0.73 inches and sports a CSTN display of 65K colors and 96 x 76 pixel resolution.

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"We are excited to be the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator in the US to launch the OT-E206a product," said Pete Grubb, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Locus Telecommunications. "We believe this product provides an excellent option that is uniquely positioned to support the most-conscious prepaid cell phone segment. In addition, we are equally happy to be working with a leading manufacturer like TCL Communication Technology Holdings who has extensive experience in the GSM realm. We look forward to working with them to launch additional handset models in the near future."

One of the leaders in the cell phone manufacturing industry, Alcatel, known for its fashionable design lines and for the famous Mandarina Duck model, unveiled a new collection for 2008 exposing it at CTIA Conference 2008 in Las Vegas.



More than more than 15 handsets will be launched this year in US, including Alcatel OT-E227A, OT-V270A, OT-S210A, OT-V209A, OT-S120A, OT-E206A, OT-S210A, OTS211A, OT-S215A, OT-S319A, OT-S520A, OT-C701A, OT-S621A, OT-C700A, OT-C717A, OT-C820A, One Touch X030, One Touch SPORT, and One Touch PRO.

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They are categorized on lifestyle sectors such as Essence, Life, Flavor and Brand, to inspire uniqueness, smart, trendy, elegant and fun.

You can color your life with the Alcatel OT-V209A cell phone, a retro 10 mm candybar-style model with customizable front panel, or reflect your personality with the Alcatel OT-V270A, an attractive clamshell with dark chrome mirrored housing and serious soft-touch interior.
With the Alcatel OT-V770A you can be different showing a Glossy White/Soft-touch Black cool cell phone that sports a landscape color display and measuring just 10 mm thick.



One Touch SPORT is designed to take you into an extreme adventure, as Alcatel like to say, because it features an orange/black exterior design, has one month standby time, a G sensor, and is a great mobile handset for long time use.