There's also a SIM card slot on that list of pleasant surprises, and Kupa CTO Yuan Xie explained in an interview that it will work with a modular handset extension to operate as a real, practical phone.
As a CPU-less, OS-less, storage-less extension of Windows Mobile handsets, the REDFLY is a topic of a fair share of debate; is it a useful godsend, or useless bunk?
"This commitment by manufacturers, together with the continued extension of the GSMA's handset database are critical elements in tackling the problem of handset theft, but they are only part of the overall solution," said Rob Conway, CEO of the GSM Association.
First, a handset can dial your extension automatically when it detects sudden room sounds -- the world's coolest baby monitor.
Today the Finnish handset maker announced an extension of a deal with Zynga to add Draw Something and Zynga Poker to Nokia Asha Touch feature phones along with the rest of the Nokia Series 40 range.
Incorporating mobile in the right media mix can be an effective extension of online advertising through the handset in the form of a relevant engagement.
BBM was hugely important, but to some extent it was forced upon people – something that by extension could be said about BlackBerry handsets too.
In fact, I remember one of the greatest improvements of my teenage life was the invention of the curly-cued phone extension cord so you could drag the handset around the corner into the coat closet and get some illusion of privacy.
The handset runs the Sailfish OS — an extension of the open source MeeGo operating system which Jolla's founding team of ex-Nokia employees had been working on before they left the mothership to carry on what Nokia was abandoning.
