The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/ Simple:Press Version 5.7.5.3 unata on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28611 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28611 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.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:21:00 -0800 chimpanzee on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28606 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28606 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.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:19:54 -0800 fefrie on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28604 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28604 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?

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:25:35 -0800 bstreet71 on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28599 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28599 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.

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:15:01 -0800 chimpanzee on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28585 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28585 i would say no when a galaxy gio class phone is like 60 bucks or so.

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:42:14 -0800 unata on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28583 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28583 is it even worth to have browsing plan on that phone?

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:21:54 -0800 bridonca on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28580 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28580 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.

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:00:19 -0800 unata on new alcatel phone - anybody else has trouble browsing? https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28573 Phone/Device Issues and Features https://www.speakoutwireless.ca/speak/phone-features/new-alcatel-phone-anybody-else-has-trouble-browsing/#p28573 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.

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