The Self-Charging CellphoneNokia of Finland filed a US patent last week for a handset that recharges itself by harvesting energy from the owner's motion.
Nokia envisages a phone in which the heavier components, such as the radio transmitter circuit and battery, are supported on a sturdy frame. This frame can move along two sets of rails, one allows it travel up and down, the other side to side.
Strips of piezoelectric crystals sit at the end of each rail and generate a current when compressed by the frame. So as the user walks, or otherwise moves the phone, the motion generates electricity. This charges a capacitor which in turn trickles charge into the battery, keeping it topped up.
The suits, filed with the office of the United States International Trade Commission and the United States District Court in Delaware, say HTC violated patents covering the phone’s user interface, internal architecture and hardware.
HTC makes the Nexus One, a phone designed and sold by Google that runs Google’s Android operating system. Google was not mentioned in the suit, but the lawsuits are likely to worsen the already strained relations between Apple and Google.
Wi-REACH 3G Personal HotspotConnect One’s Wi-REACH™ personal Wi-Fi hotspot connects WiFi enabled devices to the internet through the mobile network. Whether on the beach, in the car, on the train or in the park, you and your friends can quickly and easily access the internet with only one button to push.
Wi-REACH combines the connectivity merits of Wi-Fi with the excellent mobile coverage of 3G cellular. You connect to Wi-REACH via WiFi and the personal hotspot is connected via a standard 3G modem to the mobile network.
SanDisk Ship Its Highest Capacity SD Card Ever!SanDisk Corporation announced that it has begun shipping the 64 gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk Ultra® SDXC™ card, the company's highest capacity SD™ card ever. With its 64GB capacity, up to 15MB/sec read speed2 and Class 4 speed rating, the new card is ideal for capturing and storing massive 1080p High-Definition video files and then transferring them quickly to a computer.
SDXC cards are based on the new SD 3.0 specification, which makes it possible to manufacture cards with storage capacity up to 2 terabytes (TB)3. The SDXC card's exFAT file structure helps consumers record long-duration HD videos. The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card can store more than eight hours of such video with recording speed of 9 Mbps (HD standard).
Ultra-Rugged Military Windows PhoneAIS Ultra-Rugged Military PDA with ingress protection rating of IP67, complete protection against dust and water (immersion up to 1m). AIS Mobile Rugged PDA is equipped Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology, with optional GPS, GALILEO, and GPR3/3G/3.5G connectivity.
The PDA is MIL-STD-810F/461F compliant, certified for a range of extreme conditions such as 60" drop, shocks, vibration, humidity, altitude, water, dust- and sand resistance, temperature extremes and thermal shock.
Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:23 pm|editor |
