Modu

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Modu
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1 January 2007 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderDov Moran
HeadquartersKfar Saba, Israel
Area served
Israel and worldwide
ServicesMobile phone services
Number of employees
130+
Websitewww.modumobile.com

Modu was an Israeli mobile phone company founded in 2007 by Dov Moran. The company invented the Modu, a modular cellular device which could be used in various other devices. Modu held the record for the world's lightest mobile phone,[1] and it was the first modular cellphone.[2] The Modu phone enabled users to personalize their mobile's looks and features by inserting it into a range of unique phone enclosures, known as Modu jackets. The jackets available were keyboard, sporty chassis, camera, and MP3 player.[3]

It was launched in Israel in June 2009.[4]

The headquartered of Modu was in Kfar Saba and it had over 130 employees. Engadget reported that Modu would cease operations in February 2011 as it attempted to pay back debts and salaries owed to its workers.[5]

In mid-May 2011, Google acquired several Modu Mobile patents for $4.9 million.[6] In 2013, Google-owned Motorola announced it was developing a modular phone called Project Ara.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Guinness Records - Lightest Mobile Phone".
  2. ^ "They were supposed to be the future - so why haven't modular phones taken off?". 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ "They were supposed to be the future - so why haven't modular phones taken off?". 27 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Modu modular phone 'likely' in UK 2010". 23 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Modu closing up shop in February". Engadget. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  6. ^ "Google acquires Modu". cnet. Archived from the original on 2011-09-22. Retrieved 2011-05-20.

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