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Now there’s a Barack Obama-branded cellphone (in Kenya)
CrunchGear —
... Hah! A Kenyan cellphone company has released a Barack Obama-branded cellphone. It’s decked out in red and blue, with fun phrases like “Yes We Can” all over it. ...
Kenya Hearts Barack With First Obama-Branded Cellphone [Cellphones]
Gizmodo —
... Kenya's Mi Phone says yes we can...slap some red-and-blue Barack Obama branding on a cellphone and sell it in Kenya, home of Papa Obama, for $30. [Cellular News via ...
Obama phone
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... a result he's a popular figure in the African country. It's to see the world's first oPhone, which will sell for just $30 through local carrier miPhone.
The specs don't offer much in the way of change: it's a dual-band GSM handset in "Black + Obama colour" and enough memory to hold 100 SMS messages and 300 phone book entries. It has an FM radio, a couple of games, and basic calc, calendar and other basic features.
Yes We Can phone [miPhone via CrunchGear and CN]
$30 Obama-Phone Launches in Kenya
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... As you'd expect of a $30 phone, it does almost nothing. No 3G, no touch screen, no nothing. Well, almost nothing. There's an FM radio and a flashlight, both handy additions for the target market. The best part, though, comes from the description -- the color is listed as "Black and Obama Color". The President Elect has now clearly claimed both red and blue as his own, much as Deutsche Telekom patented Engadget Blue.
Product page [Mi-Phone via Cellular News via BBG]
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Obama Phone Released in Kenya
TechFresh, Consumer Electronics Guide —
... Handset vendor, Mi has released a Barack Obama branded mobile phone for sale in Kenya. In case you didn’t know, Kenya is the home country of the President Elect’s father. The handset is co branded with the Obama colours and logo and is being sold for roughly $30. The Mi-Obama handsets are available exclusively at Fone Xpress@ Nakumatt, Tuskys and Phonelink retail stores throughout Kenya. Obama is also famously addicted to his BlackBerry phone. [Cellular-news via ...
Obama phone launched in Kenya by Mi-Fone
Phones Review —
... recently launched, not in the US but in Kenya which happens to be where Barack’s father was born. Mi-Fone isn’t that well known as it only operates in some Asian and African markets.
The Mi-Obama phone is a candy-bar and has “Obama” and “Yes we can” on its rear, and as for specs it has an FM radio, LED torchlight and 128 x 128 pixel display. The reason for the Mi-Obama phone is that President Obama is due to visit Kenya in the future, and its prived at $30.00.
Source – cellular-news
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Mi-Obama Cell Phone Launched In Kenya
Today Gadgets —
While most of people still waiting until January 20 for the inauguration agenda of Obama as a U.S president, but the co-branded Mi-Obama phone which on the back have a slogan “Yes We Can” is already launch in the original land of his ancestors, Kenya to be exact. The handset itself are being sold for $30 from Kenya’s Fone Xpress@ Nakumatt.
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