Modular phone manufacture Modu have already discussed their plans for next-gen 3G and tablet-style devices, but now the company is talking about adding a splash of Android to the mixture. Speaking to TechRadar, Modu CEO Dov Moran revealed that “we’re also planning to have a jacket based on Android, which will enable programming capability [on the Modu unit], but these plans are too early to expose.”
Modu’s modular-jacket cellphone may already be on sale in Israel, but don’t expect to see it land in the US or the UK any time soon; according to the company, “the device just isn’t good enough for demanding Brits and Americans who like to surf the internet and stay connected.” CEO Dov Moran followed up that slice of honesty (or was it a snub against the other locations the first-gen Modu will see a release in?) with the news that the Modu 2 will arrive in 2010 offering both a touchscreen and a full QWERTY jacket.
Modular phone manufacturer Modu can proudly confirm it finally has a shipping product, as the handset launches on Israeli carrier Cellcom. Mobo report that the core handset itself, while impressively (world record holdingly) small, is in fact really too compact for regular use, and the four supplied “express jackets” add nothing but 80s-designs and full-sized buttons.
Modu have unveiled their first production handset range, each jacket using the company’s compact modular mobile phone. The central unit – which has 2GB of storage, a custom OS and GUI, and can be used on its own via a seven-key interface – can be slotted into a number of different housings; Modu’s initial production jackets all resemble traditional cellphones, but the company is also promising more unusual designs such as the core device slotting into a car stereo or UMPC-style handheld.
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