New fuel cell 'phone being released ...

[Tomas]

New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

... and my first thought is "I wonder how long before someone liberates one of those 'phone fuel cells and stuffs it in a flashlight?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Think I might have a bit of a problem, eh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Oh, well, it's fun.

News Article on new phones.

 

[PaulW]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

For the lights that some of us at CPF carry we'd need to strap pretty big fuel tanks on our backs.

 

[Tomas]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

Sorta like a flamethrower, eh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[flownosaj]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

Whoops, the phone slipped out of my hand

BOOM

WMD-phone /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

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-Jason

 

[Icebreak]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

Tomas -

Leave it to you to find bleeding edge technology that relates to flashlights. This oughta be fun.

The four cylinder flashlights might perform better in many cases so I would like to have one. If I could only have one fuel cell flashlight, I think I would prefer to have one that cruises well. Give me a V twin with bead blasted, electro-nickle plated Skunk heads please. Electric start? Well, I dunno. I like the idea of kick starting my flashlight. Less parts, more dependable. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

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..."bleeding edge...?" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gif

 

[Tomas]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

Hmmmm ... that reminds me, I wonder how Fujitsu is doing with their mini-turbines for laptop computers? I'd love to have a super-bright flashlight with sound-effects ... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

(Really! They were playing with this!)

 

[brightnorm]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

METHANOL MOST LIKELY FIRST FUEL FOR FUEL CELL PHONES

Brightnorm

 

[Darell]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

Now, I am POSITIVE that this technology is coming. But has anybody else ever noticed that it is *always* two years away? It has been two years away for at least six years now. In fact, about a year ago, I was discussing this same subject with another member right here on CPF, and the release date was 2004 back then...

 

[Tomas]

Re: New fuel cell \'phone being released ...

Uh, Darell, it's STILL 2004 ... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif
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Thu June 5, 2003 06:07 AM ET
TOKYO, June 5 (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc said on Thursday it expects to launch a mobile phone powered by a fuel-cell battery for extended hours of use as early as 2004...

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