February 14th, 2008 by
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While we certainly thought Modu’s modular handset had promise when we played with it at MWC a couple days ago, the company’s founder seems to think the little handset is about to shake things up in a big way — in an interview with Israel’s TheMarker Dov Moran said that “all Nokia can do is go the church on Sunday and pray.” According to Moran, the Modu is based on the reverse of Nokia’s build-it-all-in philosophy, which has led to stagnation in the Finnish company’s devices — “I’ve been to the Nokia booth, and it’s boring. Same device only with 16GB instead of 8″ — and the Modu’s flexible nature will combat that. We’re not sure — that N96 was pretty hot — but we love a good rabble-rouser, and it looks like the staid mobile industry just found a good one.
[Thanks, Benhur; Warning: Hebrew read link]
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February 12th, 2008 by
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Modu lives! We had opportunity to check out one of Mobile World Congress’ most unique offerings today, and we were impressed to say the least. This handset could completely change the way people use handsets giving them a really simple way to actually use your set for music, in-car, or on the go. Hit up Engadget Mobile for a huge gallery showing off some of what modu can do.
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February 6th, 2008 by
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Mystery solved, modu is of course, a modular cellular handset – the answer was in the name the whole time, clever. The fun begins with the idea that the actual handset can be slipped into “modu jackets” which let users completely change the look of their handset without having to replace it — we see the potential for way too much glittery gem-encrusted foolishness here. The other half of the deal is slapping the modu into different modu-enabled consumer electronics, or “modu mates” — think car stereos, photo frames, DAPs, and whatever else you can dream up. If we were betting types, we think modu is on to something pretty interesting here, and it seems with likes of Blaupunkt, Universal Music, and SanDisk already onboard, the Q4 launch might prove to be something special. We don’t have any pics showing detail or any technical specs handy just now, but rest assured, we’re going to be all over them at Mobile World Congress for more info.
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January 21st, 2008 by
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
So some new start-up is getting ready to come out of stealth mode and wow the world with its innovative, paradigm-shifting gadget — but naturally, you’ve gotta build a little bit of buzz before you can cross that bridge. Modu’s website is devoid of information that might lead us to conclude what kind of device the firm is prepping, but the teaser video is a psychedelic trip through a day in some Modu user’s life during which we can make out a few ultra-brief moments of some pretty hot looking… something or other. About all we know is that there are cell radios involved; if we had to venture a guess, we’d say they’re doing up sort of wireless module that can be popped into a variety of devices, providing voice and 3G data, contacts, multimedia stuff, and other digital miscellany — sort of like Bluetooth, but the transport layer becomes a physical piece of equipment. Well, what do you think it is, eh?
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