Cell Phone On A Chip

sebFlyte writes "Texas Instruments have developed a new chip for mobiles that, according to some, should make is possible to make a cell phone for less than $25, bringing it into the realm of possibilities for low-level corporate giveaways, or a reasonable loss leader for getting people started on pay-as-you go mobile offerings."

Finally! An implant I need!

[Anonymous Coward]

I can finally get my phone implanted into the side of my head! HURRAH!

On a Chip?

[NardofDoom]

But how will I play games/take pictures/text my friends/browse the Internet/watch TV/cook a burrito/wash my laundry! This thing will never sell.

Re:paper cell?

[Smallpond]

They folded.

Hah! I kill me.

Tiny

[StevenHenderson]

Sweet...one step closer to Zoolander phones!

Re:paper cell?

[Anonymous Coward]

No, see, that's a cardboard prop for displkay purposes. You're supposed to leave it at OfficeMax for the nice people there to use in other displays. That probably explains why it always seems to say "No signal".

He-he

[ceeam]

"hould make is possible to make a cell phone for less than $25, bringing it into the realm of possibilities for low-level corporate giveaways, or a reasonable loss leader for getting people started on pay-as-you go mobile offerings"

/me giggling quietly as typing this

Americans, eh? :)

Re:But...

[youngerpants]

About 5 years ago, McDonalds in Japan were giving away mobile phones with food

OK, I use the word "food" vaguely, but you catch my drift

Re:Pointless policy at work?

[duffbeer703]

Are you aware that breathing causes cancer? Studies show that 100% of cancer patients breathe.

I suggest that you pull a bag over your head and protect yourself.

Re:Maximum Functionality at Minimal Price Point

[poot_rootbeer]

For $200.00, I bet that we could get an awesome computer, but I doubt that any of the traditional companies like HP, IBM, and Sony would be interested.

Maybe Microsoft would be interested in the idea? They could even try to increase marketshare by modeling this $200 PC after gaming consoles like the ones made by Sony and Nintendo...

Re:But...

[fr2asbury]

That's what I'm talking about, the little differences. Did you know you can get a beer at McDonalds in Paris? I'm not talkin' some paper cup, I mean a glass of beer. And do you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?

Re:Finally! An implant I need!

[MonkeyCookie]

And before you know it they're implanting cheap laser beams into the heads of those frickin' sharks!