Hop-on.com today announced that it will launch its latest phone, a GSM tri-band handset with a MP3 player, camera and video recorder at the upcoming Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) wireless trade show. CTIA runs from March 14 to 16, 2005 in New Orleans.

Hop-on's GSM Model 1893 is a tri-band (850/1800/1900 MHz) handset with a MP3 player, 300K VGA camera and Mpeg 4 video recorder. In addition, it includes such features as WAP/GPRS, a 65K color display screen, GPS, 64 polyphonic ring tones, predictive text input, SMS messaging, vibration call alert and 128 Mb of flash memory.

The wholesale price for this phone will be less than $175.

Features:

• Size: 88 x 44 x 22 mm
• Weight: 90g
• Network: Tri-band 850/1800/1900 MHz
• GPRS: Yes
• Main Screen: Color CSTN 65K, 28 x 26mm, 128 x 128 resolution
• Sub Screen: Mono FSTN, 18 x 15mm, 48 x 64 resolution
• Battery: Standard Li-Ion 680 mAh
• Battery Life: Talk time 2 hours; Standby time 150 hours
• Handset Memory: 128 Mb Flash, 32Mb psram
• Backlight: White LED
• Ring Tones: 64 Polyphonic
• Call Alert: Ringer, Vibration
• MP3: Yes
• Speaker: 2 on the sides
• Video Recording: Mpeg 4
• SIM: STK (Sim Tool Kit)
• WAP: Telica 1.2
• T9: Predictive Text Input
• SMS: Yes
• Handsfree: Yes
• Camera: 300k VGA
• Languages: Multi-language