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Just One Touch!

Published:Friday | December 9, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Caribbean manager of Alcatel One Touch, Jesus Hung (left), welcomes guests Patrick King, Digicel's head of consumer sales (Jamaica), and Heather Burton, strategic accounts manager, to the launch of Alcatel's new One Touch 890 phone.
Mario Vitiello, trade marketing manager of Alcatel One Touch, is all ears for Tarik Campbell-Markland, managing director of Uber Entertainment, marketing agents for the phone.
Jesus Hung, Caribbean manager for Alcatel One Touch, jokes with Rachael Lindo-Hall (right) head of distribution, Digicel Group, and Zauditu Howe, distribution executive.
Charles Campbell (left) raps with Mario Vitiello, trade marketing head of Alcatel One Touch in the Caribbean.
Zulma Garcia (right), marketing manager of Alcatel One Touch, and Tarik Campbell-Markland (centre) welcome Li-Shan Rainford, one of the winners in the Alcatel Facebook promotion. - Photos by Winston Sill/ Freelance Photographer
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Just one touch is literally all it takes!

Alcatel, one of the top 10 phone manufacturers in the world, officially launched its One Touch 890 smartphone at Devon House on Tuesday. The Android phone has been popping up in Digicel (Alcatel's partner/distributor) stores since October, but it was officially unveiled to a curious public.

Tech-support agents were on hand to show guests the features of the phone including its Push Wi-Fi system that alerts you whenever you hit a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can access all the popular social-networking sites, plus all the other modern-day amenities you need to stay connected 24/7. The Alcatel One Touch 890 gives you one-button access to Gmail, YouTube and even Android Market, which enables you to download the various apps that match your personal style.

Special guests at the launch were two winners of the Alcatel Facebook promotion, Sara Turner and Li-Shan Rainford. Both were presented with two of the compact smartphones. Ibo Cooper and Friends provided great live-music entertainment for the gathering.

Alcatel is a French company, but merged with Chinese telecoms giant TCL in 2004. Now based in the city of Shenzen, Alcatel produces approximately 60 million phones a year, including the Alcatel One Touch, its standard-bearer.