Hop-on Develops Phone Use for Upcoming Microsoft Bid on Yahoo!
Posted on: Monday, 4 February 2008, 15:00 CST
Hop-on, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HPNN). Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! aims at Google, which is aggressively targeting the mobile space.
Hop-on has been working on developing a phone for the Google network since Google announced it is targeting mobile content and offerings, with its Open Handset Alliance open-source mobile platform and a bid for wireless spectrum in the FCC's on-going auction.
In November, Google joined the roster of qualified bidders in the 700-MHz-spectrum auction, and is one of a handful of companies with the deep pockets needed to bid for a nationwide license.
"Our phone is run on a Unix platform, but is easily converted to work on a Microsoft platform since we are familiar with Microsoft software," says Peter Michaels, President of Hop-on.
The Hop-on PDA phone can be changed to operate on a different frequency spectrum. If Microsoft-Yahoo is to compete with Google, Hop-on has three phones in its line-up that would work for them. As an American manufacturing company that, like everyone else, builds their phones in China, Hop-on can quickly produce all the phones the consumer demands.
Google plans to release its own open mobile platforms, with Android Linux-based device operating system and its Open Handset Alliance, a conglomeration of over 30 companies that hope to develop lower cost, open mobile devices. Verizon, AT&T and Google's new strategies signal a shift in open thinking that other communication companies are bound to follow, which will prove to be beneficial for both consumers and Hop-on.
About: Hop-on, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HPNN) develops and markets wireless phones and accessories for emerging market and other domestic carriers and is best known for developing the world's first disposable cell phone. Currently, Hop-on is expanding into value-added services, like mobile gambling and SMS wagering. Hop-on's exclusive software will allow users to stream live interactive feed from legal jurisdictions to play poker, blackjack, roulette and baccarat on personal cell phones.
For more information, visit www.Hop-on.com.
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933, and are subject to Rule 3B-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All Statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and other results and further events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements.
Contact: Danny Coleman (949) 756-9008
SOURCE: Hop-on, Inc.
Source: MARKET WIRE
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