Hop-On 1886, the MP3 Playing GSM Music Phone

Convergence

By: Grahm Skee on July 26, 2005 9:55 PM

The company plans to release this 262k color touch screen MP3 music phone sometime in October. The tri-band GSM phone is set to include a 2 mega pixel camera, video recording and push email all for around $300. If they can pull it off it sound like a decent phone. No word on the carries that will be selling the phone but Hop-On targets prepaid markets and the smaller startup carriers. They were also said to be the first ones to develop and sell the first screen less disposable mobile phone.

[Press Release via Engadget]

Comments

Danny Hilton on November 26, 2005 3:57 AM

How come this in on an 'iPod haters' website, yet it steels one of the true iPod features, the click wheel? Did Apple allow them to use it? It all sounds good, but 1gb is crap all...theres no video as well. Yes there is a camera, but its only 2mp. I have to admit though its better than the ROKA, although i like that phone...

I cant wait for an iPod phone! YEH!!!

Phillip Moter on May 21, 2006 4:43 PM

UGLY! My SLVR is 20 Kabajillon times better than this crap...

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