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DoCoMo Will Launch Fuel-Cell Mobile Phones By 2005

Posted by timothy on from the sooner-rather-than-later dept.

prostoalex writes "Japan's major telecom provider NTT DoCoMo plans to use fuel cells for its 3G phones. 'Users of cellphones with a fuel-cell battery would carry a cigarette lighter-type fuel container to refuel the battery', says Reuters."

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  1. Fuel Cell power... by bad_fx · · Score: 5, Informative

    Everyone who's asking about the potential battery life/ polution from/ etc the fuel cells might like to read this article in scientific american. It's pretty old but gives a fair idea of what the technology involves. And heres a couple more.

    Basically they have the potential for much longer battery life (magnitudes greater than lithium) and produce water and C02 as waste products. and cheap vodka could potentially be used for the fuel :)

  2. Re:On Man! Carry a can of lighter fluid like stuff by cmeans · · Score: 4, Informative
    The US DOT has already approved fuel cells on airplaines.

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  3. Re:Wow by moonbender · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, there are three classes of Bluetooth devices, with different power levels and accordingly different effective ranges: class 3 with 1 mW has a range of about 10 cm, class 2 with 2.5 mW has a range of about 10 metres, and finally class 1 with 100 mW has a range of 100 metres.

    HTH.

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  4. Re:How hot? by gdarklighter · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, fuel cells are remarkably efficient. I have seen specs on some fuel cells that list 90% efficiency, while I've seen most listed between 40 and 60 percent. Not very much heat produced at all.

  5. In other news... by appleLaserWriter · · Score: 2, Informative

    President Bush on Thursday stopped by a booth by MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. of Albany in Washington, D.C., and made a cell phone call from a phone powered by MTI's direct methanol micro fuel-cell system, according to the company.


    Thursday was Feb 6, 2003.

  6. Re:Water? by augustwest · · Score: 2, Informative

    maybe we should all look at this ?
    http://www.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm

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