Modular unit could revolutionize cell phones

The future of mobile phones might look like an oversized domino.

That’s the hope of an Israeli startup with backing from SanDisk that is trying to reshape how people interact with their handsets.

Instead of one phone that customers will use for two years and then toss, Modu http://www.modumobile.com/ has created a 1.5-ounce, 2.8-inch-long mobile phone module that can be inserted into different cell phone shells or jackets. The Modu serves as the removable guts of the phone – antenna, cellular radio, contact list, text messaging capabilities, 1 gigabyte of flash memory and a battery – while allowing the user to change its looks and functions with a variety of low-price jackets.

Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer

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