01 Feb 09 Qualcomm Backs Lightest Phone in the World
Qualcomm has been reportedly convinced by modu, an Israeli based handset developer, to invest in a tiny modular mobile phone. The said phone is said to hold the Guinness World Record for the “lightest phone in the world”.
Modu has supposedly secured a US$7 million investment from the Qualcomm venture capital division. The concept is to have a core handset unit, which then slots inside user cases to change the design of the handset.
The company launched at last year’s Mobile World Congress, anticipating that the basic module plus two jackets would cost around US$200. The first music jacket was expected to be available towards the end of 2008, when modu’s mobile network operator partnerships become operational and modu devices are available to consumers.
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