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10:01 pm
December 18, 2012
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so I have this Alcatel 356 phone and I bought a browsing plan. It's superslow, but I can access Gmail and Facebook ok, which is fine and everything would be ok if I could use the Google search! Anybody else has trouble with it? SpeakOut people sent me to Alcatel, they are closed now and I don't have high hopes.
On my default search page that gave me Google logo and the search button I could type in the search words ok, but then the cursor would not move to "search" button. I then decided to go and use regular Google web search page at http://www.google.ca does the same thing – "Search the web" button never becomes active no matter what I press on the keyboard – up, down, sideways, left soft key, right soft key.
I can use Gmail and Facebook ok.
8:00 am
April 22, 2009
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This alcatel is a GSM phone, with EDGE data speeds, so it is and will be slow. I think around 20 kilobytes a second is the best you can expect.
9:21 am
December 18, 2012
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is it even worth to have browsing plan on that phone?
12:42 pm
December 30, 2010
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i would say no when a galaxy gio class phone is like 60 bucks or so.
6:15 am
May 3, 2011
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We got one just to get the sim card free, I tried browsing on it, what a joke. Anything is better, even our crappy old Nokia C3 is better. It is however unlocked which makes it perfect for a US trip phone.
2:25 pm
August 13, 2009
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Any sort of satisfying browsing experience has to be done on a phone that woudn't fit the price point of a SO phone.
They would have to sell a phone that would 'off contract' cost at least $300.
Which makes for an interetsing question. Of the prepaid phone plans out there, what's the cheapest, greatest smarphone out there.
It's certainly not the one phone that SO sells.
Personally, I think that all the phones that they've ever sold have had to be at a loss.
Never heard of Alcatel before this. It's purely a disposable phone i'm assuming.
On a similar note though. Can anybody chime in on it's MP3 media playing capability? I'm assuming that it's video playing capabilities are crummy as well.
Does it come with a memory card?
3:19 pm
December 30, 2010
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even on the iphone, browsing experience is still pretty bad. On my N7, it is kind of acceptable but not something I would do for too long. On a 10" tablet(except iPad 1/2), they are fine and is a reasonable device for regular usage but still lags behind laptop for quite a margin.
of course it is always YMMV.
6:21 pm
December 18, 2012
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I actually really like the phone design, it fits into a regular cellphone pocket on my purse and has a full querty keyboard, very easy to switch between letters and numbers input, the menus are great and straightforward, with no manual required. I think it won a design award. I would sure give it one, it's the most user friendly phone I owned.
I got an Android phone now, sim card switch went without a hitch and hacking it for 3G data worked too. I miss that little phone! It's waiting for it's turn to be used as Montreal number for my contacts there.
