Hop-On today announced that it will launch its latest GSM tri-band handset targeted for the United States and Latin America in October 2005. Hop-on's Model 1886 is a tri-band (850/1800/1900 MHz) handset with a touch screen menu, MP3 player, 2.0M CMOS camera and Mpeg 4 video recorder. In addition, this handset includes such features as WAP/GPRS, 64 polyphonic ring tones, a 262K TFT main screen, predictive text input, SMS/MMS messaging, E-mail (WAP Push) and a 500 name address book.

Dan Gannon, Chief Executive Officer of Hop-on commented, "This latest phone is packed with features and will be a very compelling priced product. Our core business was on emerging markets and low-end handsets. This is our first handset targeted for the high-end and will retail for approximately $300 USD. Phones featuring similar features currently retail for approximately $600 to $700 USD. Our market research studies showed that this design will be extremely successful."

Specifications:

• Size: 90 x 46 x 18 mm
• Weight: 80g
• Bands: Tri-band 850 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
• Main Screen: 2.0" 262K TFT
• Ring Tones: 64 polyphonic/ MP3
• Camera: 2.0 Megapixel CMOS
• MPEG4: 30 fps, Video Streaming
• GPRS, Wap 2.0
• JAVA 2.0
• MP3, MPEG 4
• Voice Recording
• USB, Mini-SD, IrDA, Pen-base
  Calculator, Calendar