0Alcatel
One Touch Com
Announced
1998
Weight
245 grams
Features
When it was launched in 1998, the Alcatel One Touch Com (model number: HD3) was considered "one of the most innovative phones on the market."
The device, developed in conjunction with Sharp (who offered the near identical Sharp MC-G1), featured a 160 x 239 monochrome resistive touchscreen which users could interact with using the integrated stylus or a fingernail.
Alcatel described the device as "a mobile multi-purpose assistant for people on the move". The MC-G1 combined a GSM mobile phone and personal organizer with an address book, calendar, notepad, an "internet/e-mail access tool", fax support, a PC companion, a personal assistant, an infrared interface and more. The device could be synchronised with Microsoft Outlook.
Additionally, it had three games and support for four languages.
At launch in the UK, the One Touch COM cost approximately £250 with a contract. It had a 350-kbyte memory, allowing to story about 100 E-mail messages, 300 names and addresses and 600 appointments.
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