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Philips Xenium X830 Another One for the Cloners

July 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Chinese clone makers have found it easy the first few Xenium model phones from Philips. Even a clone purportedly of the non-existent N98 was really a Xenium clone. The Xenium X830 is a well-featured touchscreen phone with WiFi and  5 MP camera. It will also come with an 8 GB storage built-in to be interesting [...]

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Tags: Battery · Camera · Philips · Smartphone

iPhone 3G S battery life sucks

July 8th, 2009 · No Comments

though Apple is boasting that the iPhone 3G S comes with an improved battery, it appears that users aren’t exactly reaping the rewards of extended battery life. In fact, the new power source on the iPhone 3G S can’t even provide a day’s worth of battery life. A quick autopsy of the iPhone 3G S [...]

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Tags: Apple · Battery · iPhone

Samsung Announces the E1107 Crest Solar Phone

June 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today Samsung announced a solar-powered mobile phone called the E1107 Crest Solar. The E1107 is able to charge the battery via the sun, and can provide 5 to 10 minutes of talk time for every hour it charges. The entire back of the phone is covered the with the solar panel necessary to collect the [...]

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Tags: Battery · Environment · Samsung

Digicel Coral-200 Solar Power Mobile Phone

February 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Digicel announced the launch of a new solar-powered handset at MWC 2009 this week called the Coral-200-Solar. The handset has solar panels on the rear of the phone. The company has been providing free and low cost solar chargers with phones it sells for a while but this is the first handset to integrate solar [...]

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Tags: Battery · Cellphones · Technology

Samsung’s Blue Earth Uses Solar Power and is Touch Enabled

February 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Samsung announced the Blue Earth, an environmentally-minded phone made from recycled materials that can use solar power to charge the battery. The solar cells are built into the back of the phone. The Blue Earth, which was designed to resemble a pebble, has a touch screen and custom-made user interface for input. It can go [...]

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Tags: Battery · Environment · Samsung · Technology

Student’s Antenna Tweak Leads to Vastly Improved Battery Life

December 21st, 2008 · No Comments

A student at Canada’s Carleton University has discovered a new way to drastically improve battery life on mobile phones by changing the way the antenna is connected to the device. The method eliminates all the wires used to connect the electronic circuit board of the phone with the antenna. Rather than wires, the antenna communicates [...]

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Tags: Battery · In The News · Technology

iPhone and iPod Emergency Charger

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Yes, it’s another one of those backup batteries that will save your day when the battery for your cell phone or audio player is flat. This new model works with iPhone and iPod.

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Tags: Accessories · Battery · iPhone

335,000 Cellular Base Stations to Include Solar Power by 2013

October 26th, 2008 · No Comments

As mobile network expansion moves ostensibly to emerging markets where solar energy levels are more favorable, solar power appears ready to play an important role in reducing the costs of cellular service delivery and ensuring a more reliable power supply. Cellular News reports.

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Tags: Battery · In The News

Toshiba Demos Methanol Fuel CellToshiba Demos Methanol Fuel Cell

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

At the CEATEC technology conference in Japan, Toshiba is demonstrating a methanol-based fuel cell for mobile phones. This direct methanol fuel cell uses an interaction between the methanol, water and air to generate enough electrical charge to power 6 hours of talk time in a cell phone. A 50 mL cartridge would be able to [...]

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Tags: Battery · Technology · Toshiba

iYo Rocks the Baby Then Charges Your iPhone

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Swedish designer Peter Thuvander likes yo-yo’s so much that he designed an iPhone charger concept around them. Called the iYo (what else?), the device charges its lithium ion battery cell with an OLPC crank that’s turned using the spinning power of a yo-yo. “The remote control needs only 30 cranks—which is nothing when you yo-yo,” [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Battery · Concepts · iPhone

Company to Offer Motion-Based Phone Charger

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

A company called M2E Power is developing technology that will harness the kinetic movement of the human body to charge electronic devices, including cellular phones. The charging station would be a small device worn on the body. Whenever the wearer moves, such as walking or running, the movement will create and store electrical energy in [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Battery · Technology

M2E Power charges phones when you walk

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Besides your health, here is another cool reason why you should walk a bit more. Base on the Faraday principal, “wherein energy is produced from the motion of a magnet passing through a coil”, the M2E Power aims at charging the mobile phone, via motion-powered electronics. Translated, it means that phones featuring this technology will [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Battery · Technology

Powerlink 3-in-1 Battery Pack/ Data Sync/ 2GB Flash Drive for iPods

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

The Powerlink 3-in-1 Battery Pack/Data Sync/Flash Drive will do just about anything for you. It is an “emergency” charger for you iPhone/iPod - in other words, it’s great for traveling. It will also operate as a 2GB USB flash drive, and lastly sync your iPhone/iPod with your computer. All it’s missing is the ability to [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Battery · Data · Gadgets

The iPhone 3G is finally here

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday, at Apple’s WorldWide Developer Conference saw the announcement of the much anticipated new iPhone, and it seems Apple have corrected many of the shortcomings of the first iPhone, but some still remain, initially at least. The feature set remins much the same, but there have seen several features added, no doubt to the delight [...]

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Tags: 3G · Apple · Battery · GPS · Portable Audio · Portable Gaming · Portable Video · iPhone

Apple patents solar cells

May 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Apple has filed a new patent – known as Solar cells on portable devices. Clearly, they hope to integrate them into small devices, such as iPods and iPhones. Judging by what the application says, Apple wants to cover the device in question in a layer of solar cells. Should this come to fruition, it would [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Apple · Battery · In The News · Technology