Modu has partnered a retailer store in Australia, Mobicity to sale the Modu device for 150$ and 50$ for the jackets.
This partnership  comes ofter the launch of Modu in 8 countries including Philippines, Brazil, India and more.
According to the Israeli newspaper Calcalist the company sales are increasing and it is estimated to hit millions of dollar.

But if you go back to the very start when Modu was everywhere on the 2008 MWC, throughout those days after the latest congress, Modu’s future is still unclear to say the least.
The Company started with a big promise and today it is selling a 2.5G device in developing countries, and as for the second generation, the CEO Dov Moran holds one device in his pocket, the reports says, but it was never shown to the public.
But there is more fundamental issue, the smartphone scene is blooming whereas feature phones are slowly going out of the picture.
That is the main problem of Modu from my point of view, the concept of one base device with the ability to change “identities”  is not working, not in a time when all mobile manufactures are building one device that does all.
I was very pleased to hear  that Modu is going to adopt Android as it OS, but as it seems Modu did not stand up to the peace.
Furthermore the world is not waiting for Modu, SK just announced a sim card that includes a OS, CPU and a gigabyte of flash storage is it sound familiar?

Do not get me wrong Modu is not heading to the deadpool , they can still become the best low-end device out there, and some final words I still hope someone in Modu will wake up, i hope it is still not too late.

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How do you get your e-mail on your cellphone? You probably don’t, because moving e-mail onto phones is a hassle.
Gmail has a client for most phones, but what if you want to use a POP account? And what about instant messaging, and all the rest of the communication tools we use today? The sad truth is that most non-voice communication on cellphones take the form of SMS messages, and we know how expensive those can be.

One of the smoothest solutions to all-around phone communications comes from Israeli company Tjat, which has phone client solutions for the full range of traditional PC-style communications – e-mail, instant messaging, and social networking.
Most of Tjat’s services are for operators, but you can check out their take on IM on your phone at wap.tjat.com, or by installing Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile and Series 60 phones.

And while there are other applications you can use on most platforms to access IM and and social networking, Tjat’s is tops – evidenced by the fact that the company has signed a deal with Qualcomm, with the company installing Tjat IM widgets for its Plaza Mobile Internet platform. The blessed event took place Wednesday at GSMA.

“Our solution is turning into the standard in the world market in providing text solutions for leading edge users,” said Dr. Oleg Golobrodsky, executive vice president of Tjat Systems.
“The deal with Qualcomm, in addition to our deal with Opera, will allow us to provide services to users around the world and open doors to enable us to reach cellphone operators who can provide our solutions to hundreds of millions of customers.”
Tjat is hot stuff!

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As you have already noticed we hold great respect for the social music player Tunewiki.
As long as a music player Tunewiki works like a charm, one click and you can watch the song video clip, and the revolutionary auto lyrics display.
But the social features where less intimate and except for the “top played songs by country”, the social information was not much of use, until today.

Tunewiki was fully launched on the OVI store and fully completed a race to a “cross platform” app (except WinMo and WebOS, yes that’s a hint).
The new version of Tunewiki includes a Twitter like feature that allows users to share their musical taste with others by displaying the playlist of songs they have played.
Secondly Tunewiki have worked with Flyscreen (a company that lets users place widgets on top of the homepage screen) for a Tunewiki widget.
We think that Tunewiki social essence is just starting to really pay off for the users, and the social info is now more useful, although we think that there is still a place for innovation.
For the new “cross platform” we wish that more OS’s will be added as the time passes by and more users can tune-in.

watch the new feature attach:

The Modular mobile manufacturer seems to deliver more lay-off stories than sales stories.
The low sales rate in the Philippines and the unsuccessful attempts to raise more money led the company to lay-off about 100 workers almost half of the company. Who even remember what lay-offs cycle this one is.
Although the rumors are that Modu is working on a 3G device, a touch screen and Android powered, at the end of the day it is still a 2.5G device or a feature phone.
The Jackets that are out there do not transform the device into a music device or a smartphone,  so as for now the jackets are just about panels (did anyone say so nokia in 2000?).
This is a state of to be or to cease for Modu, it has to do some changes, more likely, drastic changes and it is not just about the burn rate or head count.