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Tuesday, 11/04/2008 8:37:54 AM

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:37:54 AM

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HPNN .0024 Hop-on Questions Sprint's Spin on Google Android OS

Market Wire "US Press Releases "

IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/04/08 --
Hop-on (PINKSHEETS: HPNN), an innovator and
proponent of low-end cell phones, believes the main reason Sprint's CEO Dan
Hesse is dissing Google's Android Operating System is not because it's not
yet "good enough to put the Sprint brand on it," as Hesse reportedly said,
according to Reuters, but because Sprint will lose market share. Sprint
has spent billions of dollars on their network and they don't want to lose
its customer base to an open form platform where the customer would make
the most calls from.





Peter Michaels, President and CEO of Hop-on, asks, "Why doesn't Sprint find
a way to embrace the Android platform and find another revenue stream from
it? Sprint has made it difficult to bring CDMA technologies from smaller
vendors onto their network. CDMA is the best technology in the world,
hands down. Hop-on could have brought in a low-end $10 CDMA, minimum,
subsidized phone for Sprint, but they didn't allow it. Hop-on is embracing
advancing technology, Sprint is not!"





The Open Handset Alliance(TM) is a group of more than 30 technology and
mobile companies who have come together to accelerate innovation in mobile
and offer consumers a richer, less expensive, and better mobile experience.
Together we have developed Android(TM), the first complete, open, and free
mobile platform. We are committed to commercially deploy handsets and
services using the Android Platform. Michaels further stated, "This is
their Mission Statement and although Sprint is one of the founding members
it has not cooperated in bringing their vision to fruition."





Michaels further stated, "Phone companies and these large handset
manufacturers have agendas. They are trying to protect themselves in their
jurisdictions. Motorola is designing a cable box for homes that would run
the Google Android Operating System. It seems Sprint will bypass the
Android phone because they are protecting themselves and the billions of
dollars they have spent on their network. Of course Sprint is going to say
it is not a good product. Of course they are going to protect themselves.
Hop-on doesn't have infrastructure costs or the costly overhead. We just
make low-end cell phones."





Hop-on will have two versions of the Android phone. One will be fully
loaded with multi-media and GPS tracking. The other will be a standard
Google Android OS phone. Both will utilize the technology developed by
Motorola to make calls off the cable modem in your home. Consumers will be
able to make free calls on a Virtual Network for phones. "We want to sell
our phones to the Cable TV companies, such as Cox and Time-Warner, and even
the Satellite TV guys!" said Michaels.





About Hop-on:





Hop-on (PINKSHEETS: HPNN) develops and markets wireless phones and
accessories for emerging market and other domestic carriers and is best
known for developing the world's first disposable cell phone. Currently,
Hop-on is expanding into value-added services, like mobile gambling and SMS
wagering. Hop-on's exclusive software will allow users to stream live
interactive feed from legal jurisdictions to play poker, blackjack,
roulette and baccarat on personal cell phones.





For more information, visit http://www.Hop-on.com.





Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking
information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of
1933, and are subject to Rule 3B-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All
Statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release,
including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans
and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements
will prove to be accurate and other results and further events could differ
materially from those anticipated in such statements. Future events and
actual results could differ materially from those set forth in,
contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements.





CONTACT:Hop-on, Inc.Danny Coleman(949) 756-9008

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