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Hop-on, the company behind the $10 disposable GSM cellphone, recently announced 6 new low-cost phones. Let’s quickly go through each of them:
- HOP1801 – lowest cost smartphone on the market with full QWERTY keyboard, 2 MP camera, QVGA screen
- HOP1803 – ultra low-cost tri-band GSM phone
- HOP1805 – low-cost phone for emerging markets (we’ve no idea what that means)
- HOP1810 – dual-band camera phone
- HOP1808 – dual-sim, camera, FM radio, MMS, music player, optional Bluetooth
- HOP1809 – 3G, camera, BREW, MMS, MP4
First four phones will be available for distribution in North and South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, supporting English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic and more upon request. Other two devices will only be launched in North and South America.
We don’t know the exact prices for every device mentioned above, but we do know the HOP1801 will go for $125 which is ridiculously low price for a smartphone, to say the least.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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