With its mirrored exterior and clamshell action, it’s quite deliberate that, looking at the Alcatel OT-808, you end up thinking it resembles a make-up compact. Evidently, it’s designed to appeal to budget conscious femmes or those who want something fun to use when out on the town, leaving the pricey smartphone at home. And if …
and cheerful - although, you can get 'driod phones from £100 these days, so i am not sure getting a non-smart phone is a smart idea these days if you require things like mail, facebook or twitter.
What's the point of reviewing "fashion" phones? Most Reg readers wouldn't fit the target audience of these things and your time would be better spent reviewing stuff that we might actually be interested in buying.
some of us have girlfriends/partners/wives, and some of them are less than happy with their 'phones.
I know that mine has been bemoaning hers for a while, and if i were to suggest an android or iphone, she'd probably laugh at me. So being able to suggest something like this to her, might put me further into her good books.
Looks like the sort of thing my step neice would use. For a £50 I reckon it's pretty good. Compared to, say, Oranges Vegas which is utter shite, the Alcatel looks even better.
Small question though, is it Java equipped. Some phones in this price range don't have it and that makes them dreadful to own.
Hm, the keyboard looks like it has the punctuation characters accesible by an alt key or something like that. Pretty much the same case with most QWERTY keyboards, even the BlackBerry. If this is the case, punctuation is pretty quick anyway. If it is more like the 'berry's "SYM" key, well then that slows typing down and you will suffer. Which of these cases does this keyboard stand in?
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Alcatel OT-808 fashion phone
With its mirrored exterior and clamshell action, it’s quite deliberate that, looking at the Alcatel OT-808, you end up thinking it resembles a make-up compact. Evidently, it’s designed to appeal to budget conscious femmes or those who want something fun to use when out on the town, leaving the pricey smartphone at home. And if …
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Posted Thursday 29th July 2010 09:03 GMT
Anonymous Coward
its cheap... #
and cheerful - although, you can get 'driod phones from £100 these days, so i am not sure getting a non-smart phone is a smart idea these days if you require things like mail, facebook or twitter.
Posted Thursday 29th July 2010 10:18 GMT
Andrew Woodvine
Pointless review? #
What's the point of reviewing "fashion" phones? Most Reg readers wouldn't fit the target audience of these things and your time would be better spent reviewing stuff that we might actually be interested in buying.
Posted Thursday 29th July 2010 12:09 GMT
D@v3
not at all... #
some of us have girlfriends/partners/wives, and some of them are less than happy with their 'phones.
I know that mine has been bemoaning hers for a while, and if i were to suggest an android or iphone, she'd probably laugh at me. So being able to suggest something like this to her, might put me further into her good books.
Posted Thursday 29th July 2010 12:09 GMT
dogged
the point is #
that even those of us who would never part with our 6310i still have relatives who might go for such an item.
Posted Thursday 29th July 2010 12:09 GMT
Lottie
I like it #
Looks like the sort of thing my step neice would use. For a £50 I reckon it's pretty good. Compared to, say, Oranges Vegas which is utter shite, the Alcatel looks even better.
Small question though, is it Java equipped. Some phones in this price range don't have it and that makes them dreadful to own.
Posted Thursday 29th July 2010 23:21 GMT
Daniel B.
Punctuation? #
Hm, the keyboard looks like it has the punctuation characters accesible by an alt key or something like that. Pretty much the same case with most QWERTY keyboards, even the BlackBerry. If this is the case, punctuation is pretty quick anyway. If it is more like the 'berry's "SYM" key, well then that slows typing down and you will suffer. Which of these cases does this keyboard stand in?
Posted Friday 30th July 2010 12:03 GMT
Mark2410
id never buy one #
but i do love the form factor
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