Mobilephone and Technology Thursday! modu Mobile Phone To Conquer Philippines

Not only that modu mobile phones will grace the Philippine shores this month, it will be among the first country to launch the worlds "Lightest Fully-Functional Phone" in the world accounted by the Guinness Book of World Record. Now at least somebody recognize the importance of this country to the mobilephone world!

mudo Ltd. have sealed a partnership with Globe Telecom to introduce mudo in the country, the very first flagship phone that weighs only 1.5 oz. yet carries a fully loaded mobile phone features.

Specifications includes:
- 1.3 inches AMOLED screen, 128x96 pixels, up to 65Thou color screen resolution
- 72.1mm x 37.6mm x 7.8mm Dimension
- Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, SMS distribution list, T9 Text Input
- Multimedia: Music Player (supported formats: MP3 and MIDI
(MIDI 0, MIDI 1 and SP-MIDI), Picture Gallery (supported formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF,
WBMP, PNG)
- Synchronization of contacts to Microsoft Outlook® and Windows® contacts, media files (images and audio files) management using, Windows Media Player®, back-up of media files and of phone files (SMS, contacts)
- Mass Storage, 2GB internal memory
- Built-in rechargeable lithium polymer battery, 530mAh, talk time: 2.25h, standby: 100h, music playback: up to 8 hours.
- Connectivity: Bluetooth® version 1.2(profiles: handsfree profile, headset profile), micro USB connector (for PC synchronization,
headset, charging)
- Calendar with Day View for Event Entry
- Interchangeable jacket for customization.
Seemed like a very capable phone to me and very competitive to the Philippine mobile phone market. There were no retail price yet as of the moment but if this phone could go below Php5,000 marked, this will hit a big mark here.

modu was founded in 2007 by Dov Moran, inventor of the USB flash drive and other ground-breaking personal storage solutions. The company is headquartered in Israel and South Korea.