Tag Archives: Alcatel
Vodafone launches updated entry-level Android – Smart II
Rating: We think this one is supplied by TCL/Alcatel
If anyone has spotted a niche in the market for a good, entry-level Android (Gingerbread) smartphone then it is very definitely Vodafone. (Or maybe, 3 – Ed). Anyway, Vodafone has decided to follow up the success of the original Vodafone Smart handset with the Vodafone Smart II. As you’d expect, the Smart II outperforms its predecessor in every way. It offers a bigger display; better camera; longer battery life; a more powerful processor ; and more memory than the original Smart handset. To give readers an idea of the price, this Android 2.3 handset should cost around £70 on a prepaid tariff. We’re pretty sure the original Vodafone Smart handset was supplied by Huawei (probably its U8160 model). Runours are that the new Smart II is supplied to Vodafone by TCL which owns the Alcatel handset brand. It previously supplied Vodafone with the 555 Blue. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, Vodafone, android
Tagged Alcatel, android, gingerbread, Huawei, Smart II, TCL
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Vodafone claims first Facebook phone with 555 Blue
Rating: INQ can’t be bothered to argue the toss over Cloud Touch
When we first saw the phrase, “The world’s first designated prepay phone specifically designed to put the Facebook experience into the heart of the handset”, alarms bells rang. The phone in question is Vodafone’s Facebook 555 Blue handset. Yes, it goes extremely heavy on Facebook integration but it is other aspects of its specifications (see here) which are more significant. For starters, this ain’t no Android phone. It’s actually being made for Vodafone by Chinese manufacturer, TCL, which has acquired the Alcatel brand. As such the 555 appears to be running a proprietary OS with all the Facebook bits shoe-horned in. The other thing is that this ain’t really no smartphone either. It’s not 3G – its top speed is EDGE (just like the original iPhone]. What the 555 does is download all of your Facebook stuff in the background – a technique pioneered by RIM with the BlackBerry (only with email not Facebook being trickled down). So we ought to nickname it the BlueBerry, really. Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Vodafone, android, google
Tagged Alcatel, BlackBerry, Blue 555, BlueBerry, BRIC, Fred Huet, Greenwich Consulting, INQ, Mark Zuckerberg, Patrick Chomet, RIM, TCL, Vodafone
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Deutsche Telekom claims first LTE voice call using VoLGA
Rating: We’re obviously getting closer to real LTE
It’s frequently overlooked when discussing 4G networks that, besides providing high speed data links, such networks need to carry the boring stuff too – voice and SMS. Well, thanks to the VoLGA Forum, Deutsche Telekom claims it has made the first LTE phone call. Sadly, VoLGA is not [...]
Posted in Alcatel-Lucent, Mobile Operators, nokia
Tagged Alcatel, CS Fallback, Deutsche, Fast, IMS, Kineto, LTE, Lucent, nokia, One, Siemens, Telecom, Track, voice, VoLGA, VoLTE
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Pure genius or pure confusion Alcatel-Lucents mobile advertising service on the E-Plus network
Alcatel-Lucent has announced that German mobile operator E-Plus is now using the new Advertising Selection Server for mobile advertising. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile Ad&Mktg, Mobile Agencies, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Operators, mobile news, retail
Tagged Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, e-plus, gettings, mobile, mobile advertising, mobile news, Mobile OS
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MWC: Everybody keeps writing Motorola off
Rating: Alcatel says the Chinese are coming
Talk about kicking a man when he’s down, a favourite pastime @ MWC is predicting the imminent demise of Motorola’s handset division. Today it was the turn of Dr Fei Liu, CEO with Alcatel/TCL.
He reckons that a Chinese manufacturer will soon join the Top Five handset vendors and singled [...]
