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In a surprising move, HP announced that they have opened a MVNO operation in Japan. The company is renting network from Japan Communications (JCI), and offers its netbooks from $50 to $100, for customers who sign up to prepaid data service.
It could prove as a game-changing plan, and we’ve no doubts if proves successful, the California-based company will transfer the model to other countries, as well. We don’t any additional information at the moment, but we do know one thing – HP’s netbooks look super-cool. If I haven’t bought my Dell Mini 9 before the HP Mini 1000 series was unveiled, I would definitely grab one of those (most likely the Linux-powered one).
Anyway, we’re hoping this practice will work for HP and we’ll see other computer makers joining the wave, making the service more available due to increased competition. We’ll certainly watch this space…
[Via: jkOnTheRun]
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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.
