Comments on: Modu Gets $7M Infusion from Qualcomm

By: pradeep

pradeep — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:01:58 +0000

Goodd posting – Pradeep

By: fatmonkey

fatmonkey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:31:23 +0000

This thing was a good idea a couple of years ago, when cell phones were basically just cellphones.
Now, when almost every cell is also a good MP3 player, a reasonable camera and in many cases- a GPS device, there’s absolutely no logic in building this.
Who will go around carrying all those “jackets” when we have almost everything in a reasonably sized/priced/weighed device?
Or are they going to convince me to plug my phone into a microwave oven?

By: Modu、Qualcommから$7Mの資金を注入

Modu、Qualcommから$7Mの資金を注入 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:03:15 +0000

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By: Roi Carthy

Roi Carthy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:45:31 +0000

Thanks–fixed!

By: technodude

technodude — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:33:29 +0000

Qualcomm did this once before in the late 90’s and it went nowhere and got sold off to Sierra Wireless. No chance they will buy them.

By: fb540582587

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:15:43 +0000

does crunchbase have the location correct… korea?

By: james

james — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:07:54 +0000

With their current burn rate, this amount will not last long.

This company could survive (and not necessarily succeed) only if they would go public which is unlikely going to happen.

I doubt they will be in business, as a stand alone company, by end of 2010. Don’t be surprised if Qualcomm will end up “acquiring” this company within the next two years and turn it into a department.

By: man

man — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:29:09 +0000

Its a pre $200 iPhone 3G thing that takes forever to go to market and no one really want, need or care about, besides Israeli media. This is an example of VC’s banking on a one time entrepreneur thinking that he is superman and has the golden touch. Its very hard to make it big one time, its virtually impossible to do it twice. Modu’s money will go down the drain.

By: Modu obtiene 7M

Modu obtiene 7M — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:42 +0000

[...] compañía de móviles israelí Modu ha recibido 7 millones de dólares por parte de Qualcomm, que como parte de la operación a partir de ahora fabricará los básicos de [...]

By: Roi Carthy

Roi Carthy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:55:30 +0000

Mo–They were trying to raise another round. There’s confusion as to the exact amount the company has raised.

By: Mo

Mo — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:53:01 +0000

The article mentions that they didn’t succeed in getting the $100M they aspired to get but “only” $65M.
It also says that they’re / were supposed to launch their first phone in one of Israel’s cell phhone companies called cellcom…

By: AnthonyF.

AnthonyF. — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:32:13 +0000

“Modu is a tiny modular phone that can be slipped into different device “jackets”— like an MP3 player, GPS, bigger cell phone, car stereo, or digital camera.”-

Phone Modules? Like turn anything into a phone? Hmmmmm