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Cell Phone On A Chip

Posted by michael on from the beam-me-up dept.

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."

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  1. On a Chip? by NardofDoom · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    --
    You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!
  2. Re:paper cell? by Smallpond · · Score: 5, Funny

    They folded.

    Hah! I kill me.

  3. Tiny by StevenHenderson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet...one step closer to Zoolander phones!

  4. He-he by ceeam · · Score: 4, Funny
    "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? :)