Eur13 disposable cell phone coming to Europe

The disposable cell phone is back, with an as yet unidentified European distributor thinking that the idea has legs.

US-based gadget maker Hop-on revealed that its low end GSM cell phone with no LCD screen was a big success during CTIA meetings in Las Vegas, earlier this month.

The result is that a European distributor has made an initial test purchase order of 10,000 phones.

Peter Michaels, president of Hop-on said, "During our meetings with distributors in Vegas the response to our simple, inexpensive, $20 phone (Eur13) was phenomenal. The initial test purchase order with multiple purchase orders behind it is a big step in introducing Hop-on to Europe."

The initial purchase order of 10,000 phones will begin shipping out within 60 days, Michaels said. This particular model uses the Texas Instruments technology chip set and operates in the 900/1800MHz band.

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