January 5, 2006

Chitter Chatter Kids Phone - A GPS Equipped Kids Phone

The new Chitter Chatter kids' phone was designed to empower kids and parents with both phone and LBS tracking capabilities, with a suggested retail price of under $50. these folks are taking a different approach to the kids phone thing by dropping the phone into the watch form factor and using the GPS functionality to get location based information back to the parents.

Hop-on's Chitter Chatter kids phone will solve the answer the question of "Where is my child?" through state-of-the-art GPS Enhanced LBS (Location Based Services) tracking . The Track-Me! Feature allows the user to send the address of his/her location to their parents' cell phones via a SMS message. Parents can also track their children by sending an SMS message to their child's phone. The parents will receive the address of the child's location. The location can also be tracked over the Internet.

Hop-on's Chitter Chatter kids phone will let kids and parents talk from anywhere so they will not lose contact. The kid-friendly cell phone was designed with a form factor as small as a watch and can be worn at all times. Kids can easily contact parents using the Mom, Dad and Home speed-dial keys. Parents can also control who can call the phone and whom their kids can call using 7 parent-programmed numbers.

Dan Gannon, Chief Executive Officer of Hop-on, commented, "This is an exciting launch for us that we think will have wide appeal. Parents want to stay in touch with their children and now they are able to through our LBS enabled Chitter Chatter kid's phone. Other phones on the market are being sold to kids but they are simply cute shell cases being put on normal cell phones. We wanted to offer something different. By combining the LBS and cell phone features we think we have a winner."

Features:
* Bands: Tri-band 850 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
* Speed Dial: Mom, Dad, Home, 911 & 5 Additional Numbers; 7 Total
* ChatTrack: Press the "Track Me" button to send the address of your location to Mom & Dad's cell phones via SMS message.
* Phone Book: PIN-Protected with up to 7 numbers
* Call Block: Optionally rejects calls from numbers not in Phone Book
* Polyphonic Ring Tones: Included
* Location-Based Positioning System
* Speaker Phone
* Talk Time: Up to 2 hours
* Standby Time: Up to 100 hours
* Indicator Lights: Yellow, Red, Blue & Green

No word yet on availability....

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