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This article reports on the development of a Phone-Card cellular phone with 60 minutes of prepaid airtime by a New Jersey inventor in 2001. A model which costs $9.95 makes outgoing calls only; a $12.99 model accepts incoming calls as well. The phone is based on 22 patents, is made of computer chips implanted in coated paper, and can work on both U.S. and European standards. The phone will be introduced in the fall of 2001.