alcatel OT-E801

  • Released 2006, February
    76g, 17.5mm thickness
    Feature phone
    microSD (dedicated slot) slot
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    128x128 pixels
  • NO
    No video recorder
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    Li-Ion

alcatel OT-E801 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
  GSM 850 / 1900 - US version
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced 2006, February
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 96.5 x 45 x 17.5 mm (3.80 x 1.77 x 0.69 in)
Weight 76 g (2.68 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type CSTN, 65K colors
Size
Resolution 128 x 128 pixels, 1:1 ratio
 Embedded images and animations
Memory Card slot microSD (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 250 entries
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
 250 SMS messages
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Polyphonic(64) ringtones
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB Proprietary
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Browser No
Games 2 embedded
Java No
 MP3 player
Predictive text input
Calculator
Battery   Removable Li-Ion battery
Stand-by Up to 250 h
Talk time Up to 10 h
Misc Colors Soft Touch Black, Soft Touch Orange, Glossy White

alcatel OT-E801 - User Reviews

  • here you are one almost new for about 5 euro (in Serbia, Europe) http: //www.limundo.com/kupovina/Mobilni-telefoni/Mobi­lni-telefoni/Alcatel-C64/17598137

  • i want to buy this ph as a brand new.is anyone know that how can i buy this ph.pls tell somebody

  • You need put music files in 'mp3' folder, without subdirectories inside.

  • I recently fell Alcatel OT-E801 with 2 GB card. I put a few MP3, but when I pressed the button shown''no valid mp3 file present " What it mean? Why do not like these MP3's?

  • no it cant be setted as a ringtone but it can be listened in headphones....

  • can the downloaded mp3 songs b set as ringtone

  • if it is not reading your card at all it needs to be formatted before it can be used . if you dont have a card reader nip down to your local pc shop and im sure the tec guys there will do it for you , if not pop it in one of there display machine with a reader in it and bobs yer uncle hope this helps

  • This is OT E801. To play your music, be sure to load your songs in mp3 format only. Load them directly in music folder in your memory card. That music folder is automatically created by the phone when insert your 1 gb memory card.

  • my c64 not working for play mp3 file . tell me how i can play.the phone is gifted to me .how i can play my mp3 file in alcatel c64?

  • This phone can only read mp3 files so it gives you error when it detects that the card contains another item other than mp3. And if in case your mp3 format is not supported and therefore cannot be played by this phone, just convert it into a generic mp3 format for FREE using www.media-convert.com.

  • please help me to understand why when i put my memory card in phone it does not read at all keep showing errors and its also not valid mp3 file presant pls help its my hummble request

  • my phone dont play mp3...do i need headset to do this

  • please help me to understand why when i put my memory card in phone it does not read at all keep showing errors

  • my phone alcatel C64 doesnt any sound when im playing the mp3...why? do i need to use airphone firts?

  • esse celular � um lixoo

  • I have been using this phone for 17 months.Its so so so nice...WoW. My headphone is still working.I'm so mad with this phone because of its sound quality. It costs me $50, 17 months ago.But an iPOD nano(16GB) would costs me almost $250. But sound of my alcatel is really owesome. Now i have an iPOD nano cromatic(16GB) and i think this phone is really best compared with iPoD. This is a very very basic phone with a very best music player. I drained my battery by listening music so much and charge it twice a day :)

  • u just nid to charge it and wait . when it is completely out of power the screen will be totally of, thats normal, if u charge and there is no charging icon on the screen thats normal, just w8 for 1 minute i think it will have enough power to show the charging icon and a couple more minutes you could turn it on again..

  • ive been using this phone for 4 months. Alcatel needs to improve their batteries. In fairnes i was able to use this phone for straight 3 hours before my batteries becomes empty. im now using alcatel 211 with fm radio.

  • better throw it on trust can...or for good save it to poor who dont have phone..worse phone..no special wireless port.

  • so worse kind of phone..how do i enjoy downloading musics such mp3 if there is no infrared nor bluetooth nor gprs..huh..even i had mini usb for it but it doesnt worked at all.better nextime donot lunch this kind of phone!!!or else better put them like bluetooth or infra.

  • pls help. anytime i try to ply a song, it ask for the usb cable connection.

  • is there any way that i can recover my screen again its completely off.pls help me here

  • i love alcatel phone but this phone is making me feel mlike huhh? my screen as gone off completely and i do not know what to do about that. please if you are out there and you can help me with some advice as to how to abtian my screen back i will be really grateful, thank you very much. but note this before it went off it became very slow. pls help me trust in alcatel again , ok? bell from usa.

  • it was working until recently the screen went off, and i have try all i could but it is still the same, before the screen went off completely it became very slow and on switching it on, pls l will really be grateful if i can advice as to how to get it functioning properly again, thank you.

  • no

  • this fone is soo ugly... its primarily a music phone but the sound quality mees lyk its commin from an fm radio player..u cant use other earphones besides the ones provided...sound tinny...battery life..OMG if u use the music player...u need be charging it every single day...display is soooooo slow! really!...n its expensive..get the motorola low end mp3 phone..its cheaper but better... whats the deal wit alcate anyways?

  • There is no official 3.5 adapter, but other ones should work just fine? Some Alcatel models however came with an integrated 3.5 adapter in the volume control. You could order that? For more general info about Alcatel email me on [email protected].

  • hello der, Can anyone of you here pls tell me if Alcatel would or maybe be able to make a 3.5mm mini-usb adapters specifically meant only for this OT-E801 phone juz like those of the OT-C825, OT-C701, Elle No3, OT-V770 and the rest of such breeds? Cause so far their 3.5mm mini-usb audio adapters for the headsets dont seemed to work at all with this E801. Is it possible that they would make such? and what about that optional mobile speaker accessory and arm strap they had at the back of their broshures about the E801? I hope someone here could respond to my question. Thank you OT-E801.

  • Mine just recently stop recognising the usb and the charger but recognises the headset. What is the secret behind it. SOMEONE TO RESPOND...

  • Here in Greece costs 24,90 Euro and includes 2 batteries,512MB MicroSD card,headphones and usb cable... AMAZING PRICE for what it offers

  • If your PC's OS is Windows XP (please make sure that it is) insert the usb cable to the usb port and the mini usb tip to your phone. During this time your PC still cannot detect the phone but your phone must be charging. If it charging, it actually detects each other. This time activate the usb in phone's menu and your pc will detect it. It is now the time that can drag and drop mp3 files from your pc to your phone.

  • could someone tell me how to load the mp3, my pc does not recognize the usb. plz someone help me.

  • my pc does not detect the usb

  • Buddy you will have to make a folder named "MP3" in the root directory of you memory card and put all your music stuff in that..... i think that was the problem you were facing

  • This phone does not support downloading of applications. This is just a basic phone but added with mp3 player.

  • i find it cute having my phone...but how could i download some more applications into my phone like games??please if you have some info juzt send it to my email add.. [email protected] thankyou!

  • When your unit is no longer switching on or cannot be switched-on, then replace the battery with a new one.

  • Mine has also just stopped working, but i have two so swapped the battery from the other and was working fine. So presume i need to buy another battery?

  • It was great until recently when it just couldn't switch on. Please can you advice me what could be wrong and what can be done to get my phone back. Some phone axperts say that its Software problem. Could you tell how i can get the software please.

  • John, the songs you store in your memory card may not be in mp3 format. Please check the songs. This phone supports songs in mp3 format only.

  • they're from france

  • can anybody tell me how toget the mp3 player to work as i have followed instructionsit reads as an usb mass storage device but when i try to play it comes back as no valid mp3 file present [email protected]

  • Can I ask, from what country is Alcatel. Please reply on my answer coz' I am planning to buy an Alcatel phone..

  • You must use the headset that goes with the package in listening music here. This phone does not have handsfree function.

  • I had one, teh keyboard was not that tactile and teh MP3 player was a lil tempormental... but hell I didn't complain with a free 256MB card and all for a phone that cost �20... replaced it with a Samsung F490... but damn that phone was durable as ^^ never failed on me either oh you have to use teh handset fro teh MP3, does have loudspeaker but seems like they've coded it so it goes directly to teh USB port... prob would have used too much hardware resources to do such things

  • can you lidten to mp3 through loud speaker or must you have headset?

  • i find this phone nice if you really like to listen to music.

  • i just bought this phone a week ago and anyone here said that its battery last for about 5 days?but why mine doesnt?it only last for 1day?is this phone have a loudspeaker or it really requires headseat?please reply quick.thanks! :->

  • This phone is good for listening to music.i supports 2gb microSD card.Its a good phone for "simple"users.

  • it can support upto 2 gb microsd card

  • naa ppl it a sick fone ba sucks de usb port is nt gud

  • This phone has mini usb audio jack and have mini usb headset that goes with the package. You can always use "mini usb to standard headset jack" adaptor for this. This phone can support up to 2 gb micro sd card.

  • does this phone include the audio jack? how's the sound quality? can this phone support upto 2GB? thanks folks

  • it suck. ridiculus ring tones, u cant use a mp3song as ring tone.

  • I have tried not to use the phone's mp3 and have only 1 to 2 three minutes call per day with only few text messaging and the battery last up to 5 days. I started doing that on Monday morning at 6 am and the phone died (battery totally flat) Friday night at about 7 pm.

  • is it really that good i mean at battery?

  • I would like to reiterate that this phone does not support customization of ringtones so you cannot set your mp3 as ringtone or message alert tone.

  • gud can u pls help me how can i use my songs in my memory as message alert tone and incoming calls just txt 09222059466

  • the USB port of this phone look the same Moto V3, L7's. Bưt when i use the adapter headset for V3 to this phone.It doesn't work ???Am i wrong ??

  • This phone have usb port. There is an USB TO 35 mm jack adapter available in the market now. You can use that adapter in listening to the music from OT E801 to your stereo sound system.

  • You cannot set images or ringtones according to your customization preference. This phone does not support customization of ringtones and images.

  • @ Nelson Does the phone have a USB (or mini or micro or something else) port? You said --- To those who want to use standard headset for this phone, just buy a "usb to standard headset" adaptor. It's available for only USD 2.3. --- When I use a headset my ears whistle afterwards so that's why I want to connect my stereo sound system to a 3.5 mm jack..... And of course you can't compare the quality of the loudspeaker of a phone to the one of a sound system

  • hey guys! i've just bought this phone for 2 days. Can i set images from micro SD card to phone ?

  • it is not true at all that most people are now using windows vista, most people still use windows xp, i work with western digital hard drives, and i'd say out of every 25 people 2 will be using windows vista

  • Erik, the very reason why other users complain (and there will still more complains later) because most people are now using windows vista. This phone is not compatible with windows vista so OT E801 users must change their OS into windows xp. --------------------------------------------- Does the OT E801 only had this pc vista connection incompatibility problem or is this also applicable to other phones from other brand that has also this incompatibility with windows vista connection? Thanks for the reply. (Though i could always resort to memory card reader which still works fine with me n plug the card back into the phone... which always works as a substitute.)

  • as this phone is recognized as a usb mass storage device (driverless usb storage) it should also work under windows vista - but I read something in pc magazine about there is general error (for the unlucky ones) with windows vista and usb storage. the phone is working with my mac. you should also remember that usb connection had to activated from inside the phone menu! otherwise the phone will just charge when connection to usb port

  • Erik, the very reason why other users complain (and there will still more complains later) because most people are now using windows vista. This phone is not compatible with windows vista so OT E801 users must change their OS into windows xp.

  • Darkshuttle, are you sure? What brand of micro sd you are using. If this phone can accept the popular brand sandisk then there's no reason why other brand cannot be accepted. You don't need card reader in transferring mp3s from your pc to this phone. There's a usb cable that goes with the package when you buy this phone.

  • Can any1 pls answer me... how come many had complain about this phone not being able to directly connect to the pc? How come i dont have any issues with my E801 about that, coz i bought this phone a year ago and when i plug it directly to the pc in the first place, the computer automatically recognized the phone as a USB Mass Storage device with no connection problems or whatsoever. How come others had an opposite issues with it? Thanks n enjoy your phone.

  • this phone quality is too much goob,also headphone sound quality is awesome.but this headphone is not a good product.after 2 months, headphone must be damage.100percent i m damsure

  • Not all micro SD cards can be accessed directly from the card slot. you have to use a card reader first if you want to use the mp3 player

  • To those who want to use standard headset for this phone, just buy a "usb to standard headset" adaptor. It's available for only USD 2.3.

  • This model does not have loudspeaker function.

  • want if it has a loudspeaker?

  • The official maximum capacity for this phone 2 GB.

  • Does it support a 2Gb card? Is an adapter for 3.5 mm jack is easy to find? Thanks

  • The phone you show in the link was a concept model for the Alcatel E801/E805. in the end the phones were redesigned to look like they do now.

  • Can somebody tell me is this model and the one on this image the same? If not? which is on at the link? Thanks a lot.

  • Hi.... How many ringtone and wallpaper this phone have?... Tnx :)

  • Sakura I am affraid that I have to refuse to advise you on buying a Nokia... This is the Alcatel section and I am an Alcatel endorser... so your best bet would be if you want a Nokia to go and have a look in the Nokia section... All I have to say is... buy one of the new Alcatels, you'd be surprised by how good they are (and how inexpensive).

  • By the way, I forgot to add: Can it be a Nokia phone or Sony or Samsung?? Not Alcatel. And again, thanks!! :D

  • This phone's ok.. though I want a new and better one. Can anyone recommend a better phone? The one that has crystal clear images with the camera and has good music. Please and Thank You!! :D

  • No. But you can buy that adaptor from any alcatel store.

  • hi. does this unit have a 3.5 mm audio adapter?

  • I got this phone as a Student after losing my previous phone. It was the cheapest one in woolworths but its great. It rings people and it sends texts. What else do you need from a phone? The MP3 is an awesome bonus. A lot better than those incredibly annoying camera phones people lug around these days. The only issue I have is that lack of a simple 'ring ring' ring tone, it only has a set of weird tunes to use.

  • I purchased this mobile about a year ago for �20 with a �512mB card. I have very good experience- I use the phone as a mp3 player when running and the sound is TERIFIC!! I would not use it to make phonecalls, the sound quality is bad and the phone looks low class. I also call to find where I left my normal mobile inside the flat. Unfortunately now headphones giving up on me. OVER ALL 5 STARS!! Did exactly what I needed

  • Erik: Thanks for your nice words! Cathy: If you want a simple and easy going non issue phone... which can call, text and play music in your headset for less then 30 Euro's... then you have no better phone than this E801 and the E805

  • lorkan, you should have been reading the specifications and posts here before buying this model. If your reason in buying this is you have some images that you want to set as your wallpaper you have made a wrong decision. This model does not support wallpaper customization. Most people who own this phone bought this phone because this is the cheapest phone and have mp3 player plus basic phone features like call, text, alarm, calculator and games.

  • This phone is not user-friendly. I cant set the 128x128 images that I downloaded as wallpaper and yet it is the very reason that I brought this phone. Yes it has a cheaper price, but, it lacks customer-friendly services.

  • damola, to download mp3 files, just connect your phone to your pc using the mini usb cable provided then activate the usb. Your pc then will detect a new drive (usually drive e). Go to that drive and you can see a folder named "mp3". Copy the mp3 files from your hard drive (drive c) then paste them into drive 3's "mp3" folder.

  • the phone is very nice but i have been unable to download to the mp3 file. thanks.

  • kathlene, this phone does not support wallpapers customization.

  • hey! i put wallpapers that is capable to this phone, but i dont know where the wallpapers are. any idea where the wallpapers are?! thnx!

  • First of all, why should you buy headset for this. The package already includes headset. But anyway, you can buy any headset that has mini usb tip.

  • Ooops cathy already answered my question regarding the mp3 not working without headset (Needs Headster for me to listen). What type of headset should i buy for these kinf of phone?

  • I just got these phone. Here in the philippines is so rare coz all people here have NOKIA or MOTOROLA. Just want to ask if can you play the mp3 songs without headset? (making sure its not broke) It doesnt work when i try it. what type of headset is compatible with these kind of phone?

  • I have placed important messages on the archives folder. now i can't move it back to SIM card. any bright ideas how to do this?

  • i want to change my phone's battery, cause i bought it a few days ago, but its battery doesn't last the time i want... which one can i put to my E801?? thanx!

  • Another big thanks to alcatel and to everyone here. I just hope that alcatel won't ever gonna close just like others here says badly about it. Hope they'll keep on going and growing and continue their business with the customers all over the world.

  • One of the useful and great feature of this phone is that, no matter how much viruses gets into your memory card, the phone will never be affected since the virus itself is not compatible with the phone's system. Just don't save any corrupt mp3 audio files if you don't want your phone to go digitally and technologically dizzy(a hang up i mean). Another thing to note is that for those who hates the headset included into the package, u can buy an ibud rubber earpieces(cost Php 145 here in wellcom store) and just glue a small amount of it in the earpiece rubber n attached it carefully onto the top of the headset(just make sure the epoxy glue doesn't scatter onto the headset grills), and then your all set to hear the great differences of the sound like u just owned a sony walkman headset with rubbers on the earpieces with good and clear bass(enough to ruin your eardrums from time to time if you'll ask me). My experiences though so... try it.. and hear the big differences.

  • Cathy, all I can say is you will never regret buying this phone because this is the cheapest mp3 player in town. And not only you have mp3 player with this but you also have a phone with call and text function. And again with cheap price you also have calculator and can play games anytime you want to. Phone with basic function is what people really need everyday. You can't see people browsing the internet using their phone all the time because browsing the net using pc is still much better. The battery killer bluetooth is not used by phone owners most of the times but almost all people now are using listening to their favorite music while on the road or anywhere they go. So don't hesitate to buy this.

  • this is for knight rider or nelson.... after viewing many comments.... can you give me a nice comment or something to convinced to buy this fone,i really want it, because you can call, text & have a 2GB mp3 memory card, but i cannot use the songs as message alert, ringtone & even hear it in a loudspeaker.... so should a buy this... sorry just kindda confuse... thanks a lot!

  • i'm planning to buy this unit today, thats why im browsing your opinions, coz i have'nt try the phone yet, yes the mp3's cannot be heard on a loud a speaker, but i see that there is a mobile speaker posted in it's brochure,have anyone try this, does it sound good, coz i'm buying this because of the mp3 player that goes with the fone.... thanks...

  • jay, I don't agree with you because my OT E801 works fine. It plays my mp3 well. I am using 1 gb sandisk. Just check your contents, your songs in your memory card. You might think that they are in mp3 format but they might not be and this phone really don't read files other than mp3.

  • if your thinking about whether to buy this phone. do not buy it. i bought mines brand new cause it said it had mp3 player. i connected it to the internet but it kept on saying failed. so i took my memory card and put it in a nother phone and copied the songs on to the memory card and it copied. then i put it in my phone and it said empty. this is a rubbish phone theres no bluetooth the mp3 dont work and you have to hear it on headphones. do not buy this phone you will regret it.

  • JMachine, you cannot use any mp3 as ringtone or message alert tone.

  • can i use the mp3's as the ringtone in this cellphone?? please answer quick... i will buy it tomorrow!!

  • Take your unit to the store where you purchased it and ask them to check your unit. It is still under warranty.

  • Am sorry i have a big problem about my phone(OT-E801).The problem is the back light went off after i've recieved a call and since then it has not been coming.the screen comes but the light on the screen ic not coming that of tha keypad is coming.please help me since i just bought it about a month ago.

  • No this phones battery is not interchangable with the C825 one as the C825 one is smaller in terms of dimensions. You could try the S853 one.

  • In y opinion, this phone is a basic telephone, you can only listen de mp3. dont have FM

  • Hi, First of all, OT-E801 is a wonderful phone. I had a 1GB plug into it and everything works fine. 2GB is too much for my eardrum can handle all the songs in such huge memory. I had this phone for a year now n i has no problems at all. It easily connects to pc with no problems and hassles(doesnt do the connection failed even in the first place). Only two problems i had at first: 1. Battery doesnt last long enough. (But i tried using the OT S853 battery which is 810mAh instead of the 650mAh capacity, and its great. Music lasted for nearly 10 hours instead of that 4-6 hours standard duration, and txting lasted for 3.5 days even 4 days if ur not much onto talking.) 2. No 3.5mm jack for custom headphones. Even mini usb adapters from OT-C825 and 701 doesnt works in this unit. I just bought a pair of ibuds rubber accessories for ipod headsets and insert in at the earphones of this unit and u can hear the huge difference in basses which is awsome its like i hav an ipod in my pocket which is just cheap.) Overall a very good phone. i treat it like my former basic nokia 3310 with a touch of sony walkman music added to it. Nice isn't it? Thank u alcatel.

  • iwant to know can i change the battery to the one of alcatel otc825 bec e801 battery is awfull plz answer me quick thanx

  • This phone don't have fm radio, only mp3 player but you will never regret buying it because it is the cheapest.

  • Hey, Can any1 tell me - Whether this phone has FM or not ?

  • You cannot customize the wallpapers of this phone.

  • who can help me how and where can i get wall papers...

  • My phone has very poor battery/charge capacity. It takes less than 45 mins to get fully charged and battery life is less than 12 hours if I talk barely 20 mins per day. Does Alcatel have a stronger battery for this model? Also, being a Nokia user for long earlier, I don't like not being able to scroll smartly through my large phonebook. Just can't start liking this phone.

  • Just long press the key below number 7, the one with padlock icon and the keypad will be locked.

  • Woa, Who can help me??? I don't know how to lock the key pad??? Plz, help me!!!

  • Yes Dien Knight Rider is right. And in addition to his words, just reset your phone and it will work fine. To all users of OT E801, I would like to correct my statement yesterday saying that the official maximum capacity for this phone is 1 GB. I have confirmed this morning that the official maximum capacity for this model is 2GB. So this phone can hold up to 2 GB micro sd card.

  • Dilen, maybe the phones memory is full the phone can hold up to 150 sms messages... maybe you have the memory full and need to clear a few of the messages.

  • hi every1 help me plz because i gt de fone an its great but every time i send a txt it sends perfect but i can nea get a replyd txt i cannot recieve txts help me

  • The official maximum capacity for this model is 1 GB. I am using 1 GB sandisk micro sd in my unit and it shows all songs that I have loaded and it plays them all. Try to check you mp3s. You may have place them anywhere. Just put all your songs in the "mp3" folder in your memory card, and check if they are all in mp3 format (you may have loaded songs in wav format or other format, reset your phone or turn it off then after few minutes turn it on again then it should be working fine.

  • hi guys is the memory card of this handset is really upgrable to 2GB? I put my 1GB mmc micro SD but i only saw the 12 songs..whats the problem??i put 50 mp3's..pls.help.thanks.

  • brixy, don't worry because if you buy this phone then you will not regret because you are having a cheap phone with basic functions (call and text) but is added with mp3 player. Problems/complaints posted have been answered by Knight Rider and me and we can gurantee to help you too. People who regret buying this are those who are expecting this phone to have features that expensive phone have like bluetooth, internet, etc. But just heed your hunch and ask yourself if you are going to spend your money for expensive phone or this cheap one with good mp3 player?

  • oh gosh! im so confused if im going to buy one like this.It seems that some are regreting for having it,By the way,are all of you guys also experiencing the same situation like what others have told??

  • Well now you can tease them because you have a phone which does not fall apart every 5 seconds and it has an mp3 player and you did not pay 300$ for it. Sounds good right?

  • hehe alcatel OT-E801 is very hard 2 use but when u get used 2 it you'll love it bcause it has music and stuff(except it doesnt have camera and it's name is alcatel and alcatel isnt that popular) my classmates use 2 tease me with this phone because they all got nice phones like sony ericsson w890i nokia n95 and they tease me because its alcatel!!!!!!!

  • my mobile is charging but i have a little problem in charging.i have to press hard the cable inside the phone.will i go to a cutomer care.i have warrenty.and every thing like charger ,data cable is right i also try with other charger.

  • Great phone... great battery... great MP3-player... great... MY A*S!!! This phone is so bad, that when I gave it for repair and they changed it with a new one, the new had even more problems than the old! The "great" battery couldn't last longer than 12 hours and that's on stand-by! The sound is awful... I'ts suppoused that when you have your earphones on you don't hear the noise around you (or at least it's really quiet), but when I listened to music on this phone in the bus I was hearing other people's conversations better than the music... I'm thinking of sueing Alcatel for this rip-off... My advice: Get rid of this crapy phone!!! Bann it!!! :)

  • Rafi, just correct me if I understand you correctly. I understand that your unit does not charge. If this is the case, there may be problem with your charger. Try to charge your unit using a usb cable. Plug the other end to your pc and mini usb end to you phone then your phone should be charging. If your unit start charging then your charger is defective. But if in case your phone does not charge, there must be problem with your unit and not your charger.

  • i got a problem with this set my set is not taking charge with the charger the charger is also good what can i do plese plese plese any one tell me.

  • I want to hack this mobile. Why Alcatel built a mp3 player that doesn't remember the last song played?? Moreover, you cannot organize songs in sub folders. Put this two facts together and get a extremely bad user interface. I'll give a example: You put 1GB card and fulfill with mp3. ALL MIXED.... (bad) Suppose that you want to listen the music number 45. You must go song by song until you find that song. Definitely not good. If you turn off the music player to save battery, it forgets the last song!!! Then you must manually remember which song you listen last time and go there. Thats terrible! I've bought it having sure that this kind of obvious issue was not present. It makes me think that who designed this mobile doesn't use it.

  • help_please, I don't understand why you have that problem because if you are using windows xp like me, there should be no problem about connecting your phone to your pc. Just check it again as you may have forgot to activate the USB connection in your phone. And if you connect the usb cable (that one that goes with the phone when you purchase it) to your pc and the other end to you phone, charging should start but your pc cannot detect it unless you press the left soft key (the menu button)then go to "Settings" then to "USB Connection" and press "Activate".

  • If you have issues with your PC not recognising the phone email me on [email protected].

  • Hi! I'm having a problem in connecting this phone to my computer. My OS is Windows XP SP2 and it can't seem to recognize this phone. is there a driver for this? can someone tell me what should i do in order to fix this problem?

  • zedge.com may be referring to the other models like OT C701, elle no. 3, etc.but erroneously/unintentionally used OT E-801. Again, this is a simple phone with call & text function but just added with mp3 player (and of course calculator and alarm). You cannot download wallpaper for this.

  • if its simple call and text phone is OT-E801 then whats the use of free wallpaper and ringtones that zedge.com giving us?tnx a lot...

  • moblie_unit, if that is your plan you can realize it. Just buy OT C825 headset and you can already use a standard headset for this. C825 headset has usb 2.0 on the other end and has 3.5 mm jack on the other end. And like what Knight Rider say, you also use OT E805 as it has 3.5 mm jack.

  • Every usb-->>jack converter should work... maybe you could try the Alcatel E805 headsetjack... that has an embedded 3.5 jack. That could work maybe?

  • thanks nelson! i really appreciate your kind response. i'm really interested on buying one of this phones..can you or someone recommend me a usb to 3.5mm audio jack converter that is compatible with this phone? it's better to listen to music using headphones rather than earphones...

  • As far as I know it should be FAT, but both file systems should work... if not... just format the card inside the phone.

  • is the micro sd card in fat or fat32 file system for alcatel?

  • mobile_unit, this phone supports usb 2.0 and has micro sd card slot (not mini sd) capable of holding up to 1 gb.

  • Hi guys! can someone tell me what is the type of the usb connector of the headset of this phone? is it micro or mini? i would really appreciate your response..:)

  • To DANE and everyone about the headset 4 E801: I am in Vietnam and can't find any headset 4 E801. My E801 headset works well but I like 2 experience different kinds of headset 2 enjoy music on E801. So I asked a mobile phone moder to "mode" the headset into a 3.5mm plug. So now I can enjoy excellent music on E801 with any kinds of headphones from Senheiser brand to sony, Ipod,etc. And the experience is much more interesting than with the original alcatel headset. Well, I think you only need to cut off the earphone part of the headset and connect the remain with a 3.5mm plug ( maybe you need helps from an expert in a mobile phone shop). And then you can enjoy the music again with any kinds of headphones you like. Good luck to you.

  • There are lots of accessories for all alcatel models in versatile but you can also purchase them online, e.g. protel.de. And about the headset, any usb 2.0 headset can be used in this phone. You cannot view images and videos you stored in your memory card. This phone is a simple phone with basic functions (call and text) but is just added with mp3 player. So you cannot set your images as wallpaper. Also, you cannot set your mp3 as message tone or ringtone.

  • i'm from philippines, i got this model last year but within 3 months my headset has been destroyed but my dog and i dont know were i can buy the new headset of my alcatel...any alternative headset i can but and use for this model? and the last one is we know that we need to use the memory card just to save some mp3's...but more than i use to save some pictures and videos.the problem is can i view or make a wallpaper my pictures and can i view those videos that i've saved in my memory card in my fone? please help me..tnx a lot

  • NISAR AHMED, if you mean the reset code, it is already embedded in E801's menu. But you can still type ###847# and the phone will reset.

  • Yes I agree Nelson, when buying a phone always double check what it can do... never trust the saleman... they always want to sell and not really help you! Complain to them that they sold you a phone which was explained to do things it can't, but its not the phones fault as thats just what it is... a fun, simple and robust little mp3 player.

  • nicolas, you should have been reading the specifications here before buying this. Just a reminder, this phone cannot play mp3 in handsfree mode, only in headset. This phone is just a simple phone - a phone with basic functions (call and text) plus mp3 player. The saleslady in the shop where you buy this was not telling you the truth or maybe she is not familiar with this model but needs more sales during that day so she did it to you.

  • its really amazing.i like it too much.coz its sound quallity too nmuch good.

  • I think that this celphone is bad because I want to listening the songs from the telefone because the agency sold me this way!!! they told me that the celphone have, internet, mms,among other things, it`s posible put on sounds instead of the sounds midi? because I saw that have 3 songs mp3 I am very grateful if you answer me bye

  • What do you mean you have deleted the mp3 software?

  • i have deleted the mp3 software on this phone can somebody help, b'cos i rely like this phone very much

  • Felipe if you have troubles with the phone send me or Nelson an email. My mail is [email protected] .

  • felipe, just check the songs in your memory. They might not be in mp3 format. If they are not then this phone cannot play them. Those songs in your memory card that is played are in mp3 format. Just convert those cannot be played in www.media-convert.com.

  • I have just buy this alcatel! I like it because have the basic functions of a cellphone plus a mp3 player! But I have a problem, some mp3 songs can't be reproduced by this alcatel! Someone can help me??? Thanks!

  • Here is the soluion to your problem. First of all, check the music you have in the memory card of your E801. The music you have stored there might not be in mp3 format; it may be in wma or other format. If that is the case, then, convert those music into mp3 format for free - no need to spend something. No need to install software too. Just visit www.media-convert.com. If you still have problem, you can get in touch with me at [email protected] or to Knight Rider.

  • If you have problems adding songs to the phone please mail me [email protected] and I will tell you what to do.

  • i cannot play the music on it can u help me,how can i play song.

  • This phone is very easy to use.... Very good quality... this phone have mp3..!! THIS PHONE IS VERY AMAZING!! I LOVE THIS ALCATEL OT-E801!!!

  • You need to activate the USB connection in the menu of the phone before you can add files to it. For more info and troubleshooting email me at [email protected].

  • And How do I transfer Mp3 music from my computer to my phone using the USB connection

  • I seem to be having problems when playing music on my phone. It seems I can only play my music through a PC using earphones. Is there any other way I can listen to my music using the in built speakers? And How do I transfer Mp3 music from my computer to my phone using the USB connection

  • rehan ali, this model is designed to play mp3 through headset only. You can play mp3 in handsfree mode if you use OT S853, C701, C825, etc.

  • Rehan: no you can't.

  • i want to play mp3 songs without headset is it possible to play songs without headset because my mobile is not playing songs without headset.... please reply me

  • We cannot create or download any ringtone for this model. This model can play mp3 songs. Songs in another format like wma, m4a, etc. should be converted mp3 format. Just visit www.media-convert.com for free conversion.

  • i want to now haw i can entering ring tons on this phone???????????

  • This is an mp3 player so it can only play mp3s as songs, you can however not use them as ringtones. Tommy: The SD card needs to be formated properly and put in the phone (you can format it in the phone even) connect it to a PC (activate the phones usb connection too!) and wait for a few seconds, your PC will recognise the phone as "Mass storage device" and will install it automatically... then open that mass storage folder and you will see a folder called "MP3" (if you don't make one named like that) copy all your mp3 songs (no wma) inside that folder... now the player should work. for more info email me on [email protected]

  • is there anyone have the problem in playing the MP3? i try 2 different cards. one is Kingston 1G and one is the come with Sandisk 128M...I put in wma or mp3 files but still get 'no valid mp3 song'. I format the card in FAT and FAT32. same thing. any idea?

  • does OT-E801 support mp3 ringtones? in specifications page gsmarena did not say anything about that although in mobile featuers they said that OT-E801 has mp3 player

  • Make sure you activated the usb connection in the phone... also try a different cable...

  • i cnt use it wit the usb port any more ba i fink it is a problem wit de fone but nt the cable

  • i have a problem with this phone. when i put in the micro sd card (1gb) says ''Micro SD card error'' and i hear music 2-3 hours but my phones charge last only for 1 day? waHHHHHHH!!

  • Or you can just ask your question here again.

  • Marius Stoican, can you please resend me your email (it got deleted by accident) so email me again so I can answer you back. [email protected]

  • Can i put any wallpaper in this phone

  • Just visit versatile telecoms. Versatile have more stocks.

  • It is just a simple (but not bad quality) in ear 2 piece headset. If you buy the E805 you can plug in your own profesional headset if you like because that has a "remote" which has a standard 3.5 jack, so any headset will work.

  • To Knight Rider or to anybody who currently owns this. I just want to know what is the type of headset that goes with the unit. Is it the type used by the disk jockey or the two-earpiece headset as that of OT S853?

  • For questions and troubleshooting about this phone or Alcatel in general, email me at [email protected].

  • ive just bought this phone...it's not that inexpensive here in the philippines tho...2990php tobe exact.but still cheaper that other phones. the phone is too basic n it needs sum gettin used to...keypad's too small...not much effort was put on the interface...music player is ok but the sound is a tinny...u cant use other earphones xcept the ones provided. what i like best about it tho is the design...i got the pure white one nd everybody pass it for an mp3 player n to their surprise its a phone! it's like 'oh u got a new mp3 pla......oh! its a phone...hmmmm...interesting....'

  • You can connect to a pc using linux. all yoou have to do is to connect your phone with the usb cable to the pc, and to go in the phone menu->settings->usb connection->active. hope this will help...I'm a linux fan too...

  • Very good phone at the price... battery good. And it has an mp3 player... i give alcatel a 9 for this phone. The Maximum is not up to 1gb... i tested with a microSD of 2GB from a friend who has Motorla (i don`t know what model ), created a folder named mp3, put some mp3 in that folder.. and the alcatel started the playback of mp3`s.. so it can read 2 gb cards. I am a man who uses a phone , just to call/recive calls form my friends... i`m not using any of the supermultimedia or internet.. i had a 3G phone.. and i was dissapointed because i gave so much money on something i don`t use

  • i just wanna ask something about this fone, well, i bought a 512 micro SD card recently and added some mp3 in it from the store where i bought it. The sales lady told me what to do when i decided to put some mp3 files again, so in a couple of minute, i did what she told me what to do, insert the usb cable to both computer and fone, go to the setting and and active the usb connection, well it work and i added some mp3 files again in the memory, the problem is, when i finish putting up some mp3 files in it and disconnecting the usb and playing the mp3 player, the files that i added was not their! what happend? what kind of format do i needed? but i'm sure the songs i added were mp3 formatted. Do i need itunes in adding it? Pls. i need an answer..

  • I have an alcatel E801, my opinions are the batteries only last for 3 or 4 hrs during playtime and the mp3 player option like random play is'nt really random playing it always start on the first parts of the song list. Also you can use up to 1gb memory that i can put up to 900 songs which i converted it to smaller files but... why the player only reads 400 songs max.Im not looking for phones with sofisticated features like cameras or browsers but I hope alcatel will develope upgrades on the unit not limiting it. The mp3 the battery life even at least we can change the wallpapers through computer to phone... its too girlish hehe not for men, at least at the middle of it.

  • my ot-801 broke in the first week. the problem of this phone is the alcatel brand written on it.

  • insert memory card. connect with pc. copy ur music files to the mp3 folder. check ur usb settings .for no speaker i'll sell this jung.

  • this phone is ok but much better if does have a loudspeaker/phonespeaker thats why i didnt buy this model

  • everytime when i connect my cellphone to any pc the message ERROR appears.... I don't know what to do, i'm from brazil and needing a solution. please, somebody e-mail me!!! thank you

  • i have this phone and the memory card has been formatted but still refuses to accept any mp3 file instead tells me that there is no mp3 file present.pls give me an immediate solution to this problem.

  • well i bought this phone and all works for me. the reason i buy this coz its cheaper but treandy. simple and yet pretty nice coz it has a memory card slot. and you can enjoy your fave music all the time.

  • To view missed calls_ menu> call service> call memory> missed calls.

  • there any way i can get the instrutions in english because i got it for a gift

  • it only plays mp3,and can'y work with any other sim card other than the first used by the phone.I can't view my missed calls also

  • No.u cant change its ringtone or pictures. they r fixed. at least i cant did it. this machine supports only windows based O.S. # i hear music 2-3 hour,but my phones charge last only for 1 day. anyone faced this prob? :)

  • is there a way that I can connect inside the operacional system via usb, like telnet or ssh, or tftp, to exchange mp3 and ringtones? its unbelieveble that I cant connect through linux systems via usb port.

  • I think u have a prob with ur micro sd card. make a test with another Micro SD transflash card. if the result will same than take ur phone to a nearest alcatel service center shop.

  • After some hours i'm gonna buy it. uuuuuuu...la la...

  • i have a problem with this phone. when i put in tha micro-sd card(1GB) says �Micro-SD card error�. if i push the mp3player button more times, enjoy the music fine but when i want to play next song , i got the message �no memory card� sometimes works, sometimes no , dont want to read the card:( any microsd card is here a solution ? or some firmware ? when i leave empty the phone, without card, i got the message �microsd card error� just after 7-10 seconds. when i put in the card, i got the same message after 2-3 secconds ,(microsd card error) ;( i formatted the card , but no result

  • its an ok phone but the only problem is that it does have a mp3 player but no speaker

  • no you dont need any card reader

  • I'm planning to buy this phone coz It's an mp3 phone.. but i got some questions bout it.. What windows program can it support? do you need to have a card reader? i hope someone could answer me.. thanks..

  • This phone is pissing me off! After just two months the battery stays for less than two days!

  • SF: yes, it's true Mp3's are only playable through headphones

  • I wanna buy it. but i heard a lot that this phone cant play mp3 in its speaker. it needs to connect its headphone for play it. is it true? send ans on here. :)

  • This is a very good music phone if u consider the price. The sound is not that loud but loud enough, has 9 equalizers And this phone also supports memory cards formated with FAT32 file system and Thats a very good thing

  • you have to put songs in the new removeable disk .when you open it you will see a folder named mp3 you have to put song there

  • please my mp3 player is not workin. it says no vilid mp3 present each time i click on it.

  • how can i put wallpapers on this phone? pls help me.

  • ihave bought it and it is awful!!! you cant customize this piece of crap!!! cant add images or ringtones. you kant even use your mp3'3 as ringtones.

  • webdude, thanks a lot! that was the only problem that i had because the sales guy said their demo unit couldnt turn off the t9 mode but the other units can...weird. gonna get 2 units, a black for me and a white one for my girlfriend. :)

  • you can deactivate T9 predictive typing for sms: click options and chose "normal mode" when writing a sms (chose predictive (T9) to activate) or press * (shortly) several time until the T9 logo disappears. the phone remember the setting (normal or predictive) the next time you are going to write a sms bonus information you can choose which language the T9 dictionary has predict under language in options while typing. (not sure that all types (the different firmware for different languages) comes with multi language dictionary)

  • make a folder name "mp3" copy ur songs to it and enjoy the music

  • In order to play music Make a folder name mp3 and then copy the songs in that folder.

  • im very much interested on purchasing this phone. my current unit is a nokia 6270 but i really want something more basic and utilitarian but stylish. just a question though, cant you really turn the t9 dictionary OFF when using the SMS function?

  • The phone is damn good looking but the features are not.The query I have is that my music files are not working it shows "No valid mp3 files" thoug i have a lot. So could you help me regarding the same or whom 2 contact if you cud mail me. Thanks

  • This phone can support up to 2GB of memory

  • i brought this phone n found loads of leads that plug into it bt it wont play any songs it tells me ther are no mp3 format songs on ther bt the songs are allmp3 format wher can i get songs that work for this please reply thank you

  • how much memory it can support

  • are there any external speker of ot-e801

  • No, there is not. However the sister model of this phone the Alcatel E805, features a 3.5 mm jack on which you can connect an external speaker.

  • IS there any speaker of mp3 sound?please tell me

  • The look is good.But the features is not too good

  • Yes, there are. There is the Alcatel S853 with 2.1 stereo sound, 1.3 mpix camera and GPRS. Then there is the C825 slide phone, which supports mirco SD cards up to 2 GB and it has a 1.3 Mpix camera and GPRS. For more info email me at [email protected].

  • i would like to know if theres a alcatel like this one but with gprs on.

  • Has anyone found a mini USB to 3.5mm adapter that actually works with this phone? I've read that an 11 pin mini USB to 3.5mm adapter may work with this phone rather than the motorola 5 pin adapters that do not work, but im just wondering if anyone has tried it before I buy it.

  • im planning to purchase one of the alcatel phone because of the mp3 player, and becasue the player is cheap!hope if im going to buy theres no defect..thanks

  • i have bought it and it is awful bieleve me

  • cheep, but have no internet conection, and the low volume control.

  • can you add more polyphonic ringtones?

  • nice phone

  • yeah I have it too.. it does vibratee

  • 'MICRO-SD CARD error displays anytime I press the music buttons and even if the mem card is not inserted

  • I have this phone and it does vibrate when i recieve text messages.

  • I have this unit. It doesnt vibrate when receiving text messages. Can anyone confirm with their correspondin unit. Thanks.

  • nico, while playing mp3. press number 4 on your cellphone and you will see the playing system. there is shuffling, continue or repeat while pressing the keypad number 4.

  • Buy Mp3 disc. insert it inside the CD ROM. Plug your alcatel 801 usb plug at the usb port and go to settings of Cellphone and select activate. OPen my computer and click removable disk. if you see inside the mp3 folder which is the destination of your mp3. Copy from mp3 disc your music you want and paste it to mp3 folder. after you copy and paste it. put your mouse to taskbar and click removed USB mass storage, then unplug the usb, presto you have your mp3 in your phone.

  • You can play MP3's for up to 6-8 hours.

  • if I use the phone as an mp3 player how much time can I use him(in minutes of playing mp3s), 10x, minu

  • all i needed was an mp3 player on my cell. i got 512mb sd card on it n itz enough for me. da bottom line iz that im really satisfied with this cell.

  • all i needed was an mp3 player on my cell. i got 512mb sd card on it n itz enough for me. da bottom line iz that im really satisfied with this cell.

  • Boie: no you have to have a memory card in it.

  • i boughtone off ebay but it came with no charger or headphone can i use 3.5 mm headphone with this phone and can i charge it on the pc

  • I�ve bought it also, and i can't be more satisfied(only the headphones don't really fit good in ears, but that don't bother me much). It cost me 2290 Czech Crowns (that's about 100 dollars).

  • I've tried to connect my new phone OT-E801 to a usb port of my pc, but it does'nt work, tried to activate usb connection on my phone without the sd card, is it posible then?

  • minu: yep, that's right anyway, the sound quality from the headphones is not bad at all...

  • it's true that you can't play mp3's on speaker, you can play them only on headphones?

  • The OT-805 is exactly like the OT-E801. Music can just be played throught the headphones. It seems there are many OT-E805 without the option "create a sms" on it. Not very good quality...

  • It doesn't work =( I'll try again later, with another files Thanks anyway N~

  • i understood. when you acces the folder from you computer right click on the mouse > arrange icons by > name

  • btw, I said "G:/mp3...", but the drive letter can change, of course. Anyone knows why my files get shuffled when I see the list on the phone? I don't mean when I play the songs (that would be that the Shuffle option is ON, duh...), but when I see the list in the Music Player (therefore, it shuffles when playing) :/ [If anyone understands what I say, it would be a miracle]

  • (unnamed): probably you are putting your mp3's like G:/mp3/(subfolder). Well, erase that subfolder, and just paste the mp3's in the "mp3" folder, and it should recognize them just fine. Another thing, certain files, ripped with iTunes (eg: ACC) won't play. Yet another thing, the lack of web browser is killing me :@ mircea: no problem =D glad to help and the biggest SD, as Knight said, is 2 Gb (i'm getting one next week ^_^)

  • i need some help with a 1gb micro sd card i bought that does not work, it just says micr sd car error. i formated it. erroro checked it made files called mp3 in caps and lower but it still isn't working. please help.

  • Backlights are not present as the buttons on the side are SOLID buttons. The biggest memory card supported is 2gb microSD.

  • 10x nico! a thought mine is broken... :D i have 4 pre-defined mp3's in my phone. the speeker is very loud!!! if you could listen to mp3 to the speaker... 8-> what's the bigest memory card suportedby the phone? thx!

  • mincea: nope, the backlight of the side buttons doesn't work (I guess they don't even exist)

  • Knight, what I said is part true, part false :P I meant, some of the default ringtones, are mp3's and you can assign them to SMS and/or to calls. BUT you can't add new ringtones, nor assign the mp3 songs as ringtones =( That sucks so bad about this phone... anyway, it's so cheap that I really don't care. In a few months I'm buying a SE W300 (as soon I get a job...)

  • does your side-player butons backlite works? my doesn't. in the picture the plyer butons haves the same red backlite like the rest of the keyboard.

  • Nicolas, you can change your ringtones in a desired mp3? Hmmm so they changed that! Good!

  • another thing, you can assign mp3's as ringtones (calls, SMS, alarms, ON or OFF sounds)

  • Guys, I've got the phone today. It's great for a low-budget phone. Highly Recommended. For the ones with problems with the mp3 player: If you need to, format the MicroSD card. Insert the SD, connect the phone to the PC. Go to Menu>Settings>USB Connection>Activate. Then, your PC will recognize the card and it will appear as "Removable Drive". There should be a folder named "mp3" (if not, create it). Then paste your mp3's there (IMPORTANT: the cellphone doesn't read subfolders, so just put your files in that folder, with no subfolders!) Hope it helps. N~

  • First of all read the manual of the phone! It is all written in there how you should make it work! Second, format the card in the phone then try to paste your music on the card. Then if that does not work... try to create a folder called "music" or "Mp3" on the memory card and put your music in that folder... that should make it work. But like I said, read the manual, it is all in there... or it should be.

  • we want to no how how to put songs on the phone because it is not working xx

  • No, Mp3's only work on headphones in this model. The new version of this phone however the OT-E805 will be able to play Mp3's on its speaker.

  • can u have it on speeker cause i getting it? :) tar xx

  • i have this mobile for 2days now and its perfect in mp3 playing!! but i want to download wallpapers and i don't know how "help Appreciated"

  • Thanks for your positive review berryman.

  • Pros: For the cheap price tag you get a great music handset. Cons: Poor call quality blights the otherwise excellent entry-level phone and a lack of cameras might put off the happy slappers ;). Also Consider: BenQ-Siemens E61 (Virgin Mobile) is a winning music mobile with a 512MB memory, USB cable and earphones. Killer App: Music Player, for a �10 phone aimed at the youth market, the E801s musical capablilites are well beyond its budget status. The E801 is a great first mobile phone and you can't go wrong with the �10 price tag from Orange (UK).

  • i need some help with a 1gb micro sd card i bought that does not work, it just says micr sd car error. i formated it. erroro checked it made files called mp3 in caps and lower but it still isn't working. please help.

  • Send Cellatel an email and I am sure they will give you an option to buy it... and also... if sufficient amounts of people ask... I am also sure they will set up an online shop.

  • how do u get to plat mp3 i put diffrent microsd card still diddent work

  • In fact, WWW.CELLATEL.COM is exactly the same as WWW.TCL-TA.COM. You can see the accessories but you cannot buy them.

  • www.cellatel.com does sell extra's to the phone... maybe they have no online shop available yet... but you could always try and send them an email and ask! About www.protel.de, yes it is German but they have world wide delivery and I am sure that they have the headphones... if you don't understand the German language I could help you... send me a mail at [email protected] and I will guide you step by step through the buying process.

  • WWW.PROTEL.DE is a great website to buy Alcatel accessories. Shame it's in German. WWW.CELLATEL.COM is the Alcatel website in the USA. There is no way to buy accessories through it. Any other ideas how to get accessories? I'm looking for the headphones.

  • I think the phone is pretty solid and considering when I bought it, it cost me 20 GBP(with 10 GBP credit). Mine came with the 128 mb card - shame I didn't get it a bit later so to get the 512mb!! I couldn't get my computer to recognise the phone via the USB for love nor money. So I bought a little Micro SD to SD adapter for under 5GBP. The micro card slides into the adapter and the card then behaves just like a regular SD card. I read the earlier posts and took the advice to (a) format the Micro SD card and (b) create a folder on the card called MP3. Once I copied the MP3's I wanted to listen to onto the card via windows explorer, it all worked fine. Sound quality is fine, headphones not too bad on the comfort front. Kinda wish I could use my own headphones, but hey, for the price, I'm not too bothered!

  • hi can i play mp3 with speaker????? can somebody help me ?? thankxx

  • To find and buy extra's for the phone is simple... go to www.protel.de or www.cellatel.com.

  • The phone is cheap and nice but what about finding accessories for it? Battery, charger, headphones...

  • hey all well i bought this phone as i got tired of brands and bells and whistles i did still like the idea of not having to carry about my mp3 player with me so on cost and the fact it plays mp3s i got it . And i think its GREAT for the PRICE AND WHAT IT DOES!! just downloaded some mp3s to it and im listenin on my headphones just now its fab! it was a bit confusing when i plugged in to my pc as the pc closed it down and didnt want to run it but i just went to my computer and selected it there as the removable hard disk clicked songs from itunes dragged and dropped easypeasey! if you want cheep n cheerful buy it ! for �19.99 (thats with a �10topup!) you cannot go wrong enjoy!

  • Great little robust phone. Mp3 player a bonus but wud have personally prefered FM radio. At �9.99 on Orange (April 2007) with free 512mb memory card, long standby/talk times etc what else can light users of mobiles like myself need?

  • phone-atic17, if you want those features, go buy alcatel ot s853 and it will satisfy your needs.

  • i think this fone is extremely cute especially for a gilr yet it lacks basic features... i hope alcatel will add to this fone... if it had video, camera, bluetooth and a few more features it would be perfect

  • The phone is not a rip off... you just have to put the mp3's in the correct folder of your memory card! Thats it.

  • my god i hate this fone i got it for the mp3 and it dont bloody work rip off dont get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ive got the sony ericsson z520i. gone for repair. i want this

  • >well,im glad to have this phone coz i really appreciate its features, although it is not expensive like any other phone,u can enjoy music as u can, the gud thing is,this phone is expandaple up to 2gb,so try it so u can appreciate to.. i really love my phone bcoz i bought it for my self during my day.. i choose black becoz it really rockkksss.....

  • There is just one official repair centre in UK, which is based in Banbury. All mobile phones have to be sent there. Apparently, OT-E801 with connection problems cannot be fixed.

  • Not hard at all!!! Just go to your local licensed service center and voila... fixed!

  • Do not buy an Alcatel phone. Difficult to find accesories. Hard to get the mobile phone repaired.

  • can anybody just tell me how to format the card for the first time frm the mobile as when i switch on the music player it says micro sd error can anybody help me

  • well, lucky I did not buy mine from ROrange =) speaking of quallity, I can still see some bussines ppl (that travel much to rural regions) having two mobiles with them, one new fancy xyz euros worth baby for "show out" and other (usually alcatel DB) when they are about to make/receive a call. when I ask them: why do you carry that ancient thing with you - the answer is usually: it never fails.

  • @zach & rider hmm, I bought the phone six weeks ago. 3 weeks stayed at me and 3 weeks in service. tomorrow I'm going to go take it. it isn't a quality phone. maybe it's the network (orange romania): the battery is weak (max 3 days unused), signal strength isn't good either and the quality of conversation... :| it is my 6th phone in 3 years. i know a lot about mobiles. it is my first alcatel. i used sony ericsson, nokia, sharp, panasonic, siemens. these are quality phones. now I have a panasonic x700. the battery still runs for 3 days and it haves 1 year and 4 months. I listen music for 6 hours before the first battery line disapears. on my alcatel i couldn't listen music for 6 hours with the whole battery =)) that panasonic is a symbian. think again. my sharp tm200 lasts more than the alcatel.

  • Hi Zach, So nice to see that there are still some people around that know what a good phone should be... exactly that A GOOD PHONE!!! Its cheap, well made, excellent signal and does not fall apart everytime you use it like some expensive models that need handling with silk gloves! Its like the Americans would say "A bang for the buck!" Plus what 40� phone can claim it has a memory card slot that is expandable up to 2GB!!! Exactly only this Alcatel!

  • I'll assume you use Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and all the latest patches. Make sure you have USB port v2.0 and be sure to use SELF-powered USB hub, not BUS-powered one. This is one of those devices that must use SELF-powered USB hub, and that is the source of all your problems. If u have problems locating SELF-powered USB hub, then try THE VERY FIRST ONE on your motherboard (upper left one usually - consult the mobo manual for more info), in most cases that's the one. Or u can always buy self powered USB hub. no need to thank, but dont talk bad about this phone when the problem lies in you and your lack of knowledge of modern PC technology (I just had to say it) and plz, stop whining about cameras on mobiles, cause all you need is to communicate. Signal tranceiving, sound quallity and hardware quallity is what makes alcatel - alcatel. Im happy I have it, and Im gonna use it for a very long time. Thanks for your time.

  • @gemma: your laptop card reader it's made probably for simple sd card. in order to use this microSD card on your laptop you'll have to buy a microSD to SD card adapter. or to buy a new microSD (also called transflash) card which will come with an adapter.

  • hi i got my phone about a month ago im 10 years old and its my 1st phone i think its great ive got loads of tracks on mp3 and the speakers play loud music shame u cant play it through speakers though i like the wallpapers and its coulerful and my style ive got the black 1 . i give this phone 10/10 4 my 1st phone .

  • The phone is great, for its price. I mean..you can't expect that it is a really great phone. I think it's a shame that it isn't possible to play music through the speakers. And I also find that the speaker volume, when calling, is very low, or is that just my phone? And you can't store many messages, just a few.

  • Abbie: you can buy the headphones and usb cable online at www.protel.de! Good luck ;)!

  • i bought a fone from ebay, this ot-e801 but theres no headfones so how do i get any coz i cant find them anywhere aswell as a USB

  • Hi, I'm having trouble with the USB cable on my phone. When I try to connect it to my PC, it says that part of the softwear has 'malfunctioned', and Windows cannot run it. The screen on the phone itself does not come off the 'USB Connecting! Cannot play music now!' message. The memory card is too small for the slot on my laptop - can anyone help me? Thanks. :-)

  • It is not possible to set MP3's as ringtones.

  • Hi please anyone!!!How can I set on E801 mp3,that i hve uploaded from my pc as a ringtone?Is there some special software or...?

  • people are you serios. my e801 is in service and I didn't complain. the model works fine. it's very easy to put software on it. what do you want more in that package? a brain. after you connect the usb cable to the phone and computer go to menu > settings > usb connection. a window will pop up with the folder "mp3". drag and drop your music there (mp3 files in the mp3 folder, doooh). unplug your phone and magic... you will be able to listen music through the headphones. if you don't succeed... STOP USING MOBILE PHONES.

  • this phone is robish because from i buy it i cont listen music on it and that is why i by it. them tell me which site to go and the software i went there and there no software is there so to me that is theef

  • ok- basically- this phone comes with no conversion software- so u hav to just drag and drop .mp3s. ALSO you cannot play your music throught the speakker - u need to listen to it through the headphones. and you cant add/make custom ringtones.

  • lol goni, that wasn't J. look at the codes

  • this phone does not do mp3 rigtones or aac or wma tones . theres no way to add them to phone only mp3 to card for player .

  • Protel have them for 18 euros :)

  • Goni, you can buy a new set of headphone at www.protel.de!

  • Yes J I looked in Germanos, also I looked to all stores thay sell mobile phones and accesories, but nothin. when i looked in germanos they thinked that Im kidding them for mini usb earphones.I also was to the main service for motorola here in macedonia, but nothing, they dont have them, but they have to have them, lol.I continue to look for them.Thanks very much brother.See you

  • According to reviews, this phone is capable of using MP3 as ringtones if you cut out a section for roughly 20 seconds. I have tried this and it doesnt work. I cut a clip of about 21 seconds then put it on the phone, but it wasnt there. Also the controls for it have been badly translated and it is quite difficult to use.... You just have to guess what they do.

  • this phone uses the micro usb socket (muff,thimble- same as digital photo cameras), you have to go to a store that sells mobile phones and accesories (not necessarily t-mobile) and ask for earphones that are on micro usb. so far I saw original motorola earphones made for v360 which I think you could find at germanos (if you have one), be careful: there are some samsung models which aparently look like micro usb but if you look better they are oval not trapezoidal.

  • Thnx brother, by the way Im from Macedonia(we are not far). Pls can you give me more informations about this kind of earphones. Can I buy them in WEB. Im very nervous, In T-mobile keep saying that they dont have extra from this earphones they only go in package, in other stores theres nothing such this.Thnx very much by the way.Write me if you have time.

  • goni, if you live in romania try to go to lexor (these earphones are on micro usb). in craiova i found this type of earphones at lexot in mercur. motorola v360 also uses micro usb.

  • Got this phone today and what can i say? its absolutley brilliant! The sound through the supplied headphones is fantastic and loud! The screen is bright and full of colour and the keypad backlighting is great. This phone is very small and very pocketable. Also my version came with a 512mb Micro SD card and i had no problems at all putting music on it! This phone is great and i only paid �25 for it! Its a great phone for a great price....

  • a cheap cheerful very reliable mobile . ideal for text and phone calls without all the extra items . cheap on price too without looking horrid . well worth a look on orange network for under twenty pounds also a cheap music player too inc in box was data cable usb for music transfer .

  • well, I gave 28 euros on this phone from orange. there was a sagem and they had sagem my401x at ~50 euros, sagem my600x at 106 euros. so that's the situation here. btw 801 has the same battery as e260.

  • This phone is capable of using up to 2GB memory cards...

  • This phone is around �30-40 and the Sagem My600v is around �50.... So for �10 or �20 your getting a lot more.... Im not saying this phone is bad, it is a good phone, but i just think that the battery could of been a little better than it is....Well music wise anyway....

  • J... sagem my600v is a 3G phone and other crap. have you wondered: IS THE PRICE THE SAME? I don't think so. maybe that phone is 4-5 time more expensive than this one. and another fact: the 3G function kills the phone's battery.

  • Does any one know that how much max memory does it support? Will it support upto 1gb micro sd card?

  • For anyone who was wondering, this phone can play music for up to 6 hours.... Most other MP3 player capable phones available can off much more than this. For example the Sagem MY600v can play music up to 17 hours! Almost 3 times as much as this phone can....

  • cirozel is right. i just bought this phone. the mp3's are loud and it haves an equalizer (my panasonic x700 can't play mp3, i put ultramp3 and the mp3s are too low, it's very hard to hear them) i don't know if you should use mobile phones (how can you say it sucks if you don't know how to use a phone). stick to the home wired phones.

  • Great phone great value for money To all of you who have problems with the phone's SD card orcan't play MP# i'm sorry tosay but Alcatel doesn't supply a brain for you to make things easier

  • Funny, how just you think the keyboard sucks and the phone is frustrating... but ok we respe ct your opinion.

  • DON'T BUY IT!!! It's really not as good as it looks! The MP3 player is sooo quiet that you have to press the headphones to your ears to even hear something! It's got really slow software and sometimes can be really frustrating to search for something! Take my advice and don't buy it! Oh and one more thing :) the black is the most elegant. The other two look too plastic and brakeable :) and the keyboard sux! :) P.S: Sorry Alcatel but thats the painful truth! ;)

  • DON'T BUY IT!!! It's really not as good as it looks! The MP3 player is sooo quiet that you have to press the headphones to your ears to even hear something! It's got really slow software and sometimes can be really frustrating to search for something! Take my advice and don't buy it!

  • i like this mobil.is very easy end beautiful.is cool.

  • Thanks for the usb solution. I found an old usb extension in the drawer, plugged this into my pc then connected it to the phone's usb lead and its working no problem.

  • I'm about to buy mine. I'm thinking of sell me V3 to buy this one! I don't need camera, brand or fashion; I only need some usable phone/mp3-player and that it's price taste good! I think that this the best phone for me! On March 20' it will begin to sell here in Brazil, and its the cheapest phone with mp3 here (only US$ 160).

  • According to Mobile Gadgets, this phone is very scratch and fingerprint resistant... Also does anyone know how long this phone can play music for? Because the sagem my600v can play music for up to 17 hours and it doesnt cost much more than this phone...

  • Read alot of postings saying that they cant play Mp3 or that the USB doesn't work. Well I think I hav cracked it. The USB conn is not Version 2 compatible so u will have to connect to the slower V1.1 if u have them.U do need SP2 on Win XP for it to recognize it.Format the Card,Make New folder call "MP3" Down load Alcatel MP3 converter from and off u jolly well go.

  • USB "PROBLEM SOLVED" Alright; after i read the other opinions theres something that i want that the other customers knows. About the usb "Unkown device" this is a problem of hardware. this phone have an integrated chip that its not so Plug & Play cuz the interface simply doesnt have all the parameters of Universal USB port Devices. To fix the USB problem just get in on the bios of your Motherboard, you know. must find the USB Enables option & change your configuration tu USB Port Enabled but you turned off the recognizer of USB 2.0(try slowin down the speed First)maybe it wors with your MotherBoard model the mine was an Intel 865GBF & i Has just enabled the USB Ports (SO, I GOT THE THE PROBLEM SOLVED)

  • I would like if theres a way to customize the ringtones & the images for this phone cuz I got one and i dont fully understand how is that a phone device that have Mp3 funtions cannot take the same archives & put in like a ringtone. pls if there anyonelse that knows how can I do it Told me.

  • this one doesn't have a loudspeaker, u can only listen to your mp3's through the headphones :( or is it just mine? and can i make it play mp3's on the loudspeaker??

  • This phone is OK. Its nice, hard and the MP3 sounds great. But many things can b improoved: you cannot browse folders in player nor ff along the songs and it doesn't remember the last song you where listening at. In addition the menus from alcatel have not improved since the first one they made. On the other hand there are some usefull features missing like chrono, button programing et al. By now, I could not figure out how the T9 did work in catalan for this phone...

  • Great phone AND FOR 20 POUNDS!!! and btw If you cant put music on - you need to make a folder on your memory card called MP3 ( with MP in caps )

  • The new version (E805) of the E801 is coming very soon - you can find the phone on the alcatel mobile page: and see also the us distrubtion

  • Does this phone have a loudspeaker? Because the newer version(E805) does have a loudspeaker...

  • Yes the headphones do come with the phone.... But they connect through the USB mini port... So you cannt use your own headphones... But if you wait for the E805 to come out, which will be soon, it has a better design and it has a 3.5mm jack so that you can use your own headphones. :)

  • do the headphones come with this phone?

  • great sounds mp3.. with 64mb micro-card... i bought it for us$75..its all worth it.. reasonally priced ...

  • I think the E805 is a myth....I think alacatel were going to release it, then they released this....

  • There's a newer version available soon, the OT-E805. I think it's better looking than this version

  • Girlfriend got the samsung for �20 from woolies and there was no card supplied. we got a 1Gb card fro ebay and couldnt play music either, so in Xp formated the card FAt32 (not Quick format)created a folder called MP3 added files to the folder and presto! Hope this Helps.....

  • I am thinking about getting one of these phones... But im not sure which colour to get it in... Which colour is the best to get it in? Black, white or orange? Although to get the orange version would be difficult seen as its not sold as much as the white and black versions.... Also has this phone got 64 channel polophony?

  • Well that is good - that means that the connection is being established between your phone and the PC. When that happens next time just wait a couple of minuters so that your PC will recognize the memory card and instal the drivers. After that just go to My Computer and there you will see an icon saying Removable Disk. Click on it and copy all the music in the MP3 folder inside the removable disk. After that simply just unplug the cable from the phone and you are done.THERE IS YOUT MUSIC.

  • I bought this phone from woolworths,i have formatted the sd card but still the mp3 player is not working.i have tried to activate the usb but i get a msg"usb connecting!cannot play the music now".

  • GSMARENA should get a new picture for this phone... The one they have doesnt look very good... They should get all 3 pictures of the colours it comes in. This phone comes in Black, White and Orange... They all look really nice!

  • Yes you need SP 2.

  • No way of putting a song as a ringtone. I tried every possibility with the mp3 convertor on Alcatel's site including making the song 4 sec. long and at 16 kb/s. No use - the phone doesn't have the possibility to read the songs from the card and then to play them as ringtones.

  • When I try to connect the phone to the computer I get the message - Unknown device, no driver is instaled. Previously I was able to connect the phone to the computer. Is this maybe due to the fact that now I have only SP1 and then I had SP2 or is it just a phone probleme? Are there any drivers to download from somewhere?

  • The headphone connect through the USB connector.

  • Does it have a jack for headphones??

  • If you go to www.tcl-ta.com or www.my-onetouch.com (they are the same website) on the home page there is a picture of this mobile and it says: "MP3 converter/PC suite", click on it and it should take you to the download page. So then you should be able to make MP3 ringtones and other things.

  • but where can i find a soft to convert mp3's , i tried a link, i found it on this page, but the soft isn't . pls add a good link , thanks

  • According to Alcatel's mobile site.... It is indeed possible to create and use MP3's as ringtones.... But you have to use some software and choose a 20 second section of the song you wish to use.

  • No, it is NOT POSSIBLE to put any mp3 files as a ring tone. Ypu are only limited to the ones preinstaled in the phone. The same goes for picture files - it is not possible to transfer any files. The reasons for this are due to the fact that the mp3 player (sd card) are seperate from the phone functions.

  • can i use an mp3 file from the card as a ringtone... or is it possible to put an .jpg file as desktop on my phone? pls answer...

  • is there a chance to add some mp3 for ringtone purposes through USB? possible to costumize the ringtones?

  • a few questions: how's the sound quality? does it support playlists? how's the file organization? can you sort by artist/album?

  • Took a while to find the Alcatel website but found it: there's no user guide but there is an MP3 converter and PC Software to download.

  • People, for all of you trying to use this phone and put music on it, first activate the usb connection on the phone and also check if your memory card is configurated and formated... or else... OFCOURSE it will not work! The only way to "send" music to this phone is through usb.

  • this is the worst phone ever!! i tried to put songs on it but it wouldnt let me excuse my french but this phone is CRAP!!!!

  • Umm...How do you send music?! and how loud is the Mp3

  • Hi... A question please... how can I activate de engineering menu? In older OTs the code was 000000* but doesn't work for this one :(

  • I got my white colour 'exclusive' OT-E801 from woolies for 19.99 with 64MB card only, which is less than some others. To be fair it says expandable memory* i.e. - memory card required.

  • how are the ring-tones? and the sms-beep? how is it to write sms's with? i had the ot511 and i loved it. the battery was totally good also after 4-5years (it kept together with electrical tape but still)..are the letters all toghether or do you need to switch language as soon as you want to write with other caracters? if you are not using the T9-function i mean.. can you customize it a lot? and how are the wallpapers? i would so like to know!

  • The phone is beautiful but I want to know If is possible to put a mp3 to ringtones

  • I have to admit this phone has an excellent mp3 player. Purchased a cheap 1gb sd card and i am well away. I bought my wife one and liked it so much i had to have one. I did initially have a problem connecting my pc to the phone, but tried my laptop and it connected. Not sure why this would happen

  • my phone aint working i put it into the computer with the usb i went to activate and the phone said failed so i downloaded mp3 converter and it still says failed help me please

  • had to get the sd card formated. woolworths the gits asked me if i had a friend who had a card reader to do this. does not come with the converter to format the sd card. lucky i found a shop that could do this. still had to make my own mp3 folder to get the mp3s to play. this was an xmas gift for my kid, he was most gutted. got it working in the end. odd how the phone does not format the sd card as soon as you put it in, most things do.

  • i'm getting my money back this phone is the worst-it don't even do the main selling point (mp3)

  • the alcatel does have an usb

  • well i've found this phone to be the worst i've ever bought-first we couldn't download music & now it keeps sayin sd card not inserted when it is!not good.

  • i rang customer service about the usb not connecting to the phone and they said most the phones are faulty!!!!!

  • does anyone know where to download the user guide for this phone?? if anyone could send it to me i 'll appreciate it and send him alot of java games thnx

  • Question for Alcatel: I am looking for ringtone converter software (winXP) for the Alcatel OT-E801, if there's software available, could you drop me a line? Oh yeah, and where can I download your latest firmware? thanks in advance..

  • Great phone with massive SD card! In order to play mp3's you have to connect to PC with usb cable and activate! the connection in the phone menu. An connection icon in the sys-tray (next to clock) will pop up. Now, goto windows Explorer and check if there's a folder named MP3 on the SD card. If not, make a MP3 folder on the SD card and copy all your mp3's in there. (this is also explained in the user guide!) Now your phone will know where to find ur music. Good luck!

  • everything alacatel makes is simply, partial failure. look at it. cant even touch motorola!

  • I mean K800 sorry.

  • This phone does support mp3's, that's why it is an mp3 player with telephone function! But it is a bit strange to compare this phone with K750? I mean that is a higher end phone while this cute little E801 is just a cheap entry level prepaid phone... so there is no comparison in my honest opinion.

  • if I am not mistaking, the specification says that this phone does not support mp3 files. by the way, I find its design very very nice, but the rest have dissapointed me. the k800 leads the way... and I HAVE this leader...

  • I have bought a new phone today, it is complerte with mem card but I am having no luck in connecting via the USB - any ideas what I am doing wrong?

  • managed to get my sd card formatted but every time i put music on it says "no valid mp3 file present" when i try to play it back! Any ideas anyone?

  • Hello, I Bought This Mobile Today And Absolutely Love It!!! - Answer to questions about the Player not working FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS! 1. Go To Settings 2. Select USB Connection 3. Select Activate Now U can paste mp3 files into ur player BUT !! >> how do i convert WMA Files into MP3?

  • I bought my Alcatel OT-E801 online but the offer was out any memory card. the shopping homepage didn't tell that you also have a buy an optional memory card to make use of the mp3 player - I don't feel cheated (the phone was very very cheap and the offer was including a very good and cheap network deal for 6 month(after that period the phone will unlocked for free) but the tech novice could have been let into believe that the phone will play mp3! So you also make the that the Alcatel OT-E801 comes with a memory card include or else you need to spent extra cash on memory card. the red back light is very cool

  • how to play mp3: format the removable disk(card) simply, right click and select format. after that create a folder MP3 to the root folder of removable disk. trasnfer now all the mp3 and enjoy. FOLLOWED THESE INSTRUCTIONS,PHONE PLAYING MP3'S NO PROBS--THANK YOU AND HAVE A HAPPY CHRISTMAS

  • can some1 help me? does this fone have the fast forward option???

  • When we say format, we mean formatting the memory card... this is really not Alcatels fault but the producer of the memory card is at fault here... the cards are NOT formatted correctly or not at all... meaning that the card is not prepared and set up to receice any data... in order to prep it you need to format it... if the phone can't do it... try formatting it with a memory card reader or a different device that can take accept the same type of cards... technically the device should format the card correctly and that way it will be ready for storage of your favourite songs!

  • I've had the same problem!! Mp3 player FAILED, usb to laptop FAILED!! I've ordered a micro sd to standard sd adapter so i can put the card in my camera which has the option to format the card, hopefully this will work but i don't no if there are different formats for camera and mp3 cards, does anyone else know?

  • Sorry I have read all ur posts. I have the same problem as most of u i cant get the mp3 player to work and i dont understand what u's are talkin about when u say format??? I have windows xp and everytime i put the usb port on in it just says charging and says failed to usb setting and mp3 player. Someone please help as i'm pullin ma hair out.

  • TOO COOL....2 bad because has no camera...

  • battery normally don't last long

  • how to play mp3: format the removable disk(card) simply, right click and select format. after that create a folder MP3 to the root folder of removable disk. trasnfer now all the mp3 and enjoy.

  • i have got it working now you will have to format the cards has the one i got with mine was not formated i have put it in another phone and formated it all is working ok now hope this helps you to kirsty

  • the cards are not formated i cant find anywhere to format it on the phone windows xp could not find the phone as the card has no format i took mine to the mother inlaws stuck it in her different phone same card phone and formated it xp now has found the phone now trying to get mp3 on

  • And no Kristy you do not get a disk with it, you need Windows XP and as soon as you hook your phone up to the PC the PC will self install it after a while.

  • The phone should have an option for the memory card saying "format card" if that will not work, try hooking it up to your pc and try to format it using windows. That should work... normally.

  • hi all i have the alcatel ot-e801 phone people are sking how to get the music player working i am haveing the same trouble press music player comes up failed try to activate usb comes up failed os is xp home cant find on the phone how to format the the card has found in a earlier post could some one put it down in plane english dummy version please thanks

  • hi do you need a disc with these phones ,for your pc .to down load im having probles can any body teell me how to do it .many thank kirsty

  • does this phone have a 512mb card inside the box?

  • Plain and simple answer; NO that will not work... This is a simple entry level phone that has an excellent mp3 player embedded and that's it. Nothing more and nothing less. It has no bluetooth and no IR so sorry that will not work. Still a great little phone for calling sms and some mp3 entertainment!

  • I want to buy this phone but can anyone tell me if it's possible to put mp3's in the memory card from another phone that support BT or IR(ex.SonyEricsson Z530i)and then to put it in the E801...would it work?Thanks

  • This phone now �19.99 in Woolworths, with 64mb micro sd card.However I also get the "failed" message when trying to connect with usb and also when I try to start the music player.Suspect the card is not formatted but cannot do much with it as it does not come with a SD card adaptor.

  • does this phone come with an micro sd card if it doesn't it is a rip off of ur money

  • Theres a white version of this out, does that one come with a 256mb micro sd memory card as the black version does?

  • hi,can anyone help?i just bought this phone for my son but for some reason he can't download music onto it-keeps coming up as failed!any suggestions would be greatly appreciated-& it'll save my sanity as i have 1 very stressed out 12 year old!!thanks!!

  • I have also problems with downloading mp3 from my computer to the phone. (i have windows xp and several usb ports) What i am doing wrong? Ton

  • WOAH! The screen shows some Amon Tobin! I have ALL his albums! Whoever photoshopped that image of the phone has really REALLY good taste in music... I feel happy in my brain.

  • Eventhough I have this phone for almost two months I have never actually used it only to listen to music all day long and test this feature. What I can tell you at the moment is that I am using it as mp3 player for 3-4 per day and another 30-40 minutes of talking a day and some additional texting and the baterry needs to be recharged after 2 days (1.5 in some cases).

  • The phone takes MICRO SD cards!

  • how long last the battery when it play mp3 altatel claims 600 min is that true?

  • does it take sd mini or sd micro cards i just bought one it says micro but everyone says it should be mini sd card please help me someone

  • Have you tried to format the sd mini card? YOu can do this either though using the included card readre or just plugin itto something that supports this type of cards. Maybe the phone has problems because the card is not properly formated. Also try plugin in the phone into a different usb port on your computer. Maybe there is a problem with the drivers instaled in the computer.

  • I bought the phone so I dont have to carry a phone and an MP3 player every where I go... The problem I have with the phone is I cant download music onto it... I connect the phone to the PC via the USB cable, and when I press activate USB it says Failed... If anyone knows the solution to this then please let me know... Thanks

  • just as i thought :) well thank you for your answer! anyway, i think i`ll buy that "stylish rubbish phone" (as one of the opinions said)

  • No, mp3 files cannot be played on the speaker. Only using the headphones. This is a big dissapointment for every new customer looking at this phone. But if you consider the fact how cheap the phone is and the fact that the quality of the headphones is good than it can be justified.

  • hi all ! just one question for the owners or for those who know all about Alcatel OT-E801 :) *can mp3 files be played on the loudspeaker?* thank you :)

  • Yes, the phone can only play mp3 files. No wma, aac, wav or whatever else. But the good thing is that they can be of any bit rate - that doens't really make any difference to the phone.

  • the capacity of the inbox is depending on your simcard - all the received sms (text messages) are stored on the simcard. but you can can transfer the sms to the phone memory by using the archive option under the options you get then you read a sms. and I have a question: can ot-e801 only play mp3 files (from the memory card) with the head set?

  • T-Mobile offers this phone for just �69.95 including headset and 512 mb MicroSD card!!!

  • On orange pay as you go you ca buy this phone for �39.00. Also you have to buy a memory stick for this phone as it only has 1mb of memory so that will put up the cost.

  • No! No camera, it is just a cute and cheap little prepaid phone with 65.000 colour screen and excellent mp3 player and battery life. And that for only �69.99!

  • I have one question, this phone have camera??

  • *groan*..when would Alcatel's new generation coming in..there's no news/rumours etc

  • does da tmobile version of dis fone com wiv a memory card?

  • I just went to confirm this. Yes the phone is compatible with transflash cards of up to 2 GB!!!

  • As far as I know it support transflash cards up to 2 gb! But I can not confirm that I am sorry to say... I guess our member Martin should confirm this?

  • What capacity can have the card mobile? 512 Mb ? 1 Gb ? More?

  • I can't find manual in the internet for this fone :( I want to understandt it's SAR value.. If some one can help ? In has no manual for this model. If some one can give a link thanks in advance. Also I want to ask the owners is the e801's signal best-of-all just like in other alcatel's models ?? Some opinions about that? Thanks.

  • how big is da memory card that comes with the fone

  • Be careful... I saw this when flicking through an Argos magazine and was drawn to the on screen display (as pictured) however in reality it is actually nothing like this and looks much less sophisticated... I was willing to let this pass, until I actually used the phone for a couple of weeks... I had a voicemail a while back, this has since been deleted but the voicemail icon still remains. (This might just be my bad luck) but I followed the setup guide to the word and battery life is still poor, I end up charging it ever few days (I dont actually use it that often for calls). The phone accepts (and comes with) a micro SD card, I thought it would have been cool to allow me to choose from my own custom backgrounds or mp3 ringtones... no luck (and the ones it comes with are god awful) You know when someone is calling you but you dont wanna pick up? usually you would put it to silent... this phone doesnt have that, its either accept or reject. When the phone is set to vibrate and the battery is low, it feels it is important enough to play the warning alarm as loud as possible. This rocks especially when in a lecture X( This phone cannot handle messages split over two texts very well, it doesnt reattach them. I've forgotten some other points but worst of all.... This phone can only store 25 texts in its inbox. Yet the sent items is apparently limitless! How much of a joke is that? Ooooh and every time you attempt to send a text and it fails, a new copy will be put into the 'Unsent' items box (again unlimited). So yeah in conclusion, pretty stylish but a completely rubbish phone! Im going back to my ancient Z600

  • It does have a USB port - it a special kind of a port that is used at the same time for charging and listening to mucis. You get the special cables included in the package - the charger, usb cable as well as handsfree. The thing is that when you connect it with the computer you can only upload to the memory card - the phone cannot be accessed, at least not in this way. So don't worry about not being able to put the mp3's on the phone- it has a usb port which is the same as the T-mobile smartphones sold whcih is also used for syncing, charging and listening to music.

  • if it doesn't have USB port, how do u upload mp3's? :))

  • Is is like possible to change the theme of the menu??? I have this phone but I have no idea how to do that if possible. If anyone has an idea please let me know on my e-mail.

  • it have a few Mp3 ringthones but u cant upload yours mp3.

  • mp3 ring tones ? or mp3 play only

  • It might be that there is no reception in the area where you live, go back to the shop and check with them there.

  • i bought this phone today and i put it all together with the new orange sim card but it just keep saying no network please may some 1 help if so please post a comment to my e mail address thanks.

  • yes - the headphones are great - just as musical as my shure e2c's

  • They are really good, considering the price of the phone they are great! Just ask Martin :).

  • i'm interested in the quality of the headphones in e801? what do you think about it?

  • hi all can anyone please send me the user guide of this phone to my Email and i'll be grateful also i'll send him some gr8 java games in return thanks all

  • I just bought today.I write from Spain.It cost 64 � in pre-paid and a 128 MB microSD. I�m so glad.

  • I just bought this phone today from T-mobile for 69.95 eur including a 512 mini SD card, card reader, sim cart, data cable and headphones. It was a real bargain. Ohhh and a free home delivery. From my expereicne so far with the phone I can tell that it is the best. it doens't have any crazy features - only the basic ones although it misses MMS and GPRS. But despite this lack, the memory card and the MP3 player make up everything. This sync with the computer is a piece of cake - just copy the songs to the mp3 folder of the phone. No extra software instalation!!!! One major flaw of the software is the fact that you cannot put an mp3 as a ringtone - you are stuck with the ones that came preinstaled on the phone (both midi and mp3) but you can't put yourown mp3 as a ringtone. The ringtone library as well as the wallpaper library as preety good - there are cool wallpapers and ringtones for every occasion. The phone can also ring and vibrate at the same time (something that my samsung x300 counldn't do) which is nice to have. Also the feel in the hand is very good. I can't coment of battery life so far as it is the first day that I am using this phone but from what i saw until know, with 2 hours of mp3 music listening the battery hasn't even declined a bit. Also you can charge the phone through the usb cable as well as the travel charger included in the package. Overal a good phone for everybody on a budget that doesn't need or can live without MMS and GPRS. Small in size and weight.

  • I'm glad some people agree with me! Thankyou, and of course your both right, there is always going to be a market for high-end phones but for someone like me who rarely uses feautures like bluetooth and wifi i think that alcatel are perfect, i currently own a motorola L6 but am considering going for an E801 (theres a very nice looking one in white at the moment). some would say this is down-grading but really after trying a lot of Phones with 10mb memory and bluetooth all i seem to want is the extra memory to play my MP3's on. once again thankyou to Don and Knight-rider especially for baking me up on this one. :)

  • I agreed with marcus, value products are important..but more high end products open out a bigger market for T&A. Or else the name Alcatel would forever be associated with cheap&cheerful. I remembered the time i had the OT-701, really stonking tour-de-force phone. That time Alcatel still known to produce advanced phones. Now i hope they launch the new generation quickly..like the OT-S860 and OT-C850

  • Sadly no - I've tried to set up my MP3's as ringtones - but there just doesn't seem to be the option for it :( There are some mp3 files in the ringtones menu, but unfortunately you are stuck with those - as I said earlier the phone and the mp3 player are two very seperate things - but if anyone knows different I would love to hear about it

  • I think Martin can better answer that... So Martin?

  • hi all i was just wondering can this phone play mp3 files as ringtones? inother word can i set mp3 files as ringtones ? and if yes how loud is the speaker??

  • And that "high end" or to put it in better words, more luxurious class is adressed by the S853, S860 and soon to be launched successor models (presentation some time next year if all goes well).

  • Marcus: I agree with you totally, the world went nuts on HiFi WiFi 10 megapixel Bluethooth hack and smack type of gizmo's, now people be plain and simply honest for once... where do you find a phone looking this nice, being this robust and solid and has an EXCELLENT MP3 player with memory card and headset for 69 Euro's including phone number and ofcourse not to forget, the �bercool red keylights! I agree Marcus!! But ofcourse high end phones are important too... but be honest... how often do you use the WiFi, the filesharing, video conversations...??? The normal phone user (US the normal customer), I can safely say almost never uses those features on a daily or even weekly bases... however, it would not hurt to have 1 real good real nice high end phone in the line up.

  • Hello, everyone, i have noticed recently when looking to view a lot of alcatel products (as i am looking for a cheap new phone) that a lot of you have commented quite rudely on the lack of feautures that many alcatel phones have to offer, funnily enough there is a reason for this, as you may have noticed - before alcatel were bought by T&A alcatel work very hard to ensure that they were competing with other brands on the technoligy front, now T&A have clearly decided to cut down on a lot of feautures to provide us with stylish, VALUE products Value being the keyword; in order to deliver the most value that can be given for a mobile of this type. i'm sorry if i sound nerdy or generally annoying for pointing this out but i thought the comment had to be made.

  • Don: Hahaha, thanks! You know what, you could send Alcatel an email and tell them about me! :-P. Hahah but like I said, I like helping fellow Alcatellers. But thanks for your kind words :-).

  • You mean it has no simlock? Lucky you! Seems you have one of the very first production phones, they often still use the information used in Beta versions of the phones, and those are usually simlock free! Again lucky you! Have fun with it ;-).

  • hello everyone - got a pleasant surprise over the weekend - the phone appears to be unlocked!! :))

  • Dane, referred to by Martin, you could buy this phone for 39 Pounds Sterling

  • KnightRider Ya, i think we all wished you were hired by TCL to be their PR guy. Unfortunately, they are way behind currently in terms of technology to compete...hope this would change very soon. Or else it would be the demise of our favourite brand

  • Don: Thanks for you kind words :)! Tell that to Alcatel (or TCL for that matter) and let them make me an offer :) I would love to help their image :D! Martin: Yes it seems you are one of the lucky ones who have it in white! I envy you.

  • Am I the only one who has this phone in white? :)

  • KnightRider: I've being following your remarks around for a while now..why not consider starting a alcatel hand phone club...or something like that..since i am a alcatel fan too. Had being using their 5th phone already. you had being very helpful to the others here, congrats

  • Wow nice video, very cool phone too!!! I think I know what I shall buy as a present to someone ;-). PS.: GAMBIT, If you read this message would you mind and send me an email at [email protected]

  • Here's the video blog of a guy taking his sweet time checking out the phone

  • Yes, headphones are included... and yes in some packages the memory card is included, ranging from 128 to 512 mb, depending on what network and in what store you buy it. BUT BEWARE some networks offer this phone WITHOUT memory card, but still a 256 mb one costs peanuts these days.

  • does it have headphones and does it come with sd card and how big (mb)

  • Cool Martin, happy you like it! This is really a great phone, a great deal for that money. Could you however do me a favour? Make some pictures of it in action? As I want to see what changes have been made since the concept model. Could you make images of it in stand by... with screen on and with keypad on? Please? Thank you very much ;-). Mail the images to [email protected]

  • Thanks for all the help and advice! I bought one of these phones - and here's what I think of it. I bought it from woolworths for 39.99 (bargain) but it didn't come with a memory card (!) checked the manual and it said, ragarding memory card 'If available' - so had to spend more money on memory card (oh well - there goes the bargain!). The phone is simple to navigate and works fine on an apple mac for transferring music via USB (no drivers needed), unfortunately, the mp3 player and phone seem quite seperate, which means you can't use your mp3's as ringtones - but having said that the sound quality of the player is very good (with 9(!) different equalizer settings). The phone has a great design ( similar I think to Sony Ericsson K510 and K750 ) and it feels comfortable to use, also the included headphones are not the worst I've ever heard - so all in all still a fantastic bargain.

  • Martin: The phone plays; midi, sp-midi and mp3 files.

  • Yes datacable is included, you upload the songs similar to a usb memory stick; you plug the phone on your pc... the pc recognises the phone (after drivers have been installed ofcourse) and then you can copy and paste the files you want.

  • sorry! another question - what types of music file does it play?

  • does it come with a usb data cable - exactly how do you get songs on the phone? thanks

  • No way Gamb your English is fine, I can understand you perfectly. Could you please send me an email on [email protected] so I can get in touch with you for some specific talks between 2 Alcatel advisors ;-)? Thanks!

  • knight. all the betas that we have, are red buttons lights,i`ll request to tcl some data ( www.tcl-ta.com ), when i get news i`ll post it here.. ( My english is horrible!! )

  • Hi Gambit, please would you confirm one thing for me, will the production version of this phone have red keyboard lights? As you say your beta version has, but will the real one have that too? As originally the E100 Alcatel was planned to get that too, but now it has the much more common blue keyboard lights. So please confirm? Thanks Gambit, hope you like the phone.

  • Data cable and 128mb memory included

  • I`m a betatester of this alcatel, it have red back lights, colour screen, very durable battery ( using mp3 player a lot ), non internal memory only 5 or 6 mp3 ringthones... nice desing and the headset conects by mini usb.

  • This phone is cheapest on tmobile for only �39.99 at woolworths but its not available for buying yet..... However it is available to buy on the orange website for �49.99

  • Small update, the phone just became available in the UK on Virgin mobile for 49.99! For those people buying it have fun with it! Should be an eye catching phone compared to all the other brands! For questions about the phone or Alcatel in general feel free to contact me at: [email protected].

  • This phone is meant as an entry level prepaid phone with a nice MP3 player, like said before it will be coming in 2 colours black and white (both possibly with orange coloured keys). It should become available from the end of october / beginning of november. If you have any additional questions feel free to contact me, and maybe I can help you out (though I can't promis ofcourse ;-) )

  • A definite 10/10 for the awesome design...this phone begs for a bluetooth.. if they can add that...then alcatel got a winner on their hands

  • i think a 128 Mb card.

  • This phone is cool. It is available in 2 colours. Its available in black which looks ok but its also available in white which looks even nicer than the black. I hope to get one of these soon.

  • Apparently this phone is supposed to come with a memory card. Does anyone know what size meomory card it comes with?

  • The features of thiz foon are ok. Can anyone tell me if therez a data cable in the pack? I do not like the black design, is it in more colours?! Iz it available in Germany already?

  • This phone would be brilliant if I could get a USB driver for it! The manual says that it will work with XP but I have tried it on 2 different XP machines with no luck. The manual also says I can download the driver from their website but it isn't there. Can anybody tell me how to get a driver for it? Thank yoooooooooooooooooo!!!!

  • this phone needs more colours and also i might get this phone for 49.99 if anyone thinks of a better phone e mail me with a picture of it at [email protected]

  • This MF phone is of the hook. It looks great and it have all the things i need in a phone. Yes and No butons, SMS and a MF Mp3 to Rock ssome music on the go. Great, Great and once aagain Great. I hate Vga camera, Ir, Edge, WWAP, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Java and sstuff like that. This phone is a strait 10. I have 3300 and it rocks!!!

  • this phone iz off da hook look at da design. wow. i know there r not tht many features but work wid me here ppl. they tried.it has mp3 and a miny usb port cheap stylish sex-c wat more could u ask 4

  • Does this phone have a good colour screen?

  • People, it`s a phone with mp3 player! Just that, nothing more! It`s a brilliant phone, I am sick and tired of phones with edge, lan, wlan and other mambo-jambo stuff that only ~10% are using, and we all have to buy them (if we want a decent phone). Exactly what I want: good battery life, simple and solid phone, good looks. It`s a "niche" phone people, stop demanding stuff, just because you can`t figure out what you want! Back to the basics, when phones used to last long!

  • what a shame such a nice looking phone has been so poorly thought out in the features dept,this could of been a real winner but in a market where a camera,bluetooth ect are common place this really is a poor effort.

  • The only way i can think of being able to put songs on your phone is by buying a memory card reader for your p.c and transferring the songs that way.

  • With no IR,no bluetooth,(can't confirm whether or not it has mini usb since it is not in the specs)No camera,No internet,Not even a radio,this phone is supposed to have at least a 10gigs maximum memory card capacity.I love the design.If the sound quality is not twice as good as w800 this phone is junk.

  • Um it says it uses a MicroSD card i believe..so you can use that card and stick it into ur computer and transfer songs from there and then put it back into your fone

  • mp3 to the memory card! llope tu nx

  • i dont get it... if this is a MP3 phone, and it has no bluetooth, no infrared port, and no usb... then how are u suppose to get mp3 songs onto it??? can someone else post a comment and explain it to me please??

  • This handset will be available in the UK in Q4. I think it will be a huge Xmas gifting option.

  • any one can tell me when will this phone be available and can any one send me the manual of this gr8 phone and i will reward him by sending him big title java games in return thnx

  • Halberd, agree with you. Is this phone available?

  • From low end phone point of view, it's a great option for the end users. Features are OK for voice only phone: 1) Mini USB providing PC charge; supporting USB mass storage, with T-flash card, you can take it as a USB key; Drag and drop the music files from PC to mobilephone, without blocking by the PC suite, you can share the musics anytime with your friends. 2) Dedicated music lateral keys, you can play the music even without taking out the mobilephone from your pocket. 3)Background music player enable you to search any files in your mobilephone without interruption of enjoying your music. 4)Easy to use MMI, even my grandma can learn to use it in 5 minutes.

  • please dont launch this kind of phones any more.if u feel like launching phones like this-e801,before we close ur alcatel company better u it self close it. sit at home watch some good T.V.(phone advertisment)HE HEheeeeeeee ooooooooooo. dom dum dus....... i

  • TCT mentioned there is mini USB.

  • Yeah its lack some functions,but design is really ineteresting and atractive!

  • This is crazy. no irdA no bluetooth no usb support. how we can use the music buttons. hahaha crazy

  • haha i am the first! I know the argument for rubbish phones is "they have to cater for every market" but this phone just looks like it should be so much more

  • stop livin in the past

  • GPRS or EDGE is a must... There's no need of camera.Excellent properties.

  • I wish FM radio can be added in for a MP3 player phone.

  • I�ve tried an alpha version of this phone, it has MiniUSB connectivity. It`s a low end phone with MP3 player, personally, I love it. Loudspeaker (not as impressive as OT-S853, but quality OK and volume quite loud), charges through USB (also charges from the PC), soft touch cases, red keyboard lights... the player has 8 different EQ settings, balance, several rep modes. Anyway, it was an alpha, so it's uncertain wich functions will remain and wich will be added.

  • no gprs??!!!

  • The OS is T&A Operating System :) Why do you ask?!

  • Whats the Operating system for the hand phone..?

  • They have another music phone coming up. OT-C850, with bluetooth and 1.3 mp camera..higher range than this. Check it out

  • I need a phone to carry into my factory. This is definitely the one.

  • This is just a basic phone, there will be no bluetooth or camera but cable for connection with pc. The announced price for the phone is 149 Euros including 512Mb Memorycard...for the german market its very cheap. A low/middle class mp3 player is as expensive as this phone but with the phone you can make calls and it has a better screen

  • The chinese from the TA are very good at copy & paste from the other producers. Perhaps nobody will buy this phone when it will be launched ...one year from know...

  • And it have no usb and no bluethot?????????? This is redicilus! And after all is it a musik fono or not?

  • YES!!! Where is the joystick??? Very strange. I'm waiting for S853 for about an year. If i have to wait so long 4 that fone i'm not gonna do it!!!

  • nice and fresh design. looks neater than the 853. well, im wondering there's the joystick/scroller??

  • I give 10/10 for the cool design

  • another sonyericsson k750i.i mean look at the desing and the silver colour around the phone do not remind k750i to ne1?????hahaahh this is jealous.

  • wow, nice looking, sexy space mashene :)

  • It just looks weird but cool all right.Looking like a smartphone, but the descreption says nothing close to it. So I hope it has got more underneath.

  • Well, design is fresh, unusual, and kinda cool so I gave 10 for design. 7 for features, it's simple phone, has MP3 player and miniSD, but there will have to be bluetooth or usb.. I hope they forgot to write it..