Kinetic energy mobile phone

The Atlas Kinetic cell phone is a concept which looks to eradicate the need for re-charging by having a power source generated by movement, similar to some watches. It works by means of an oscillating weight that powers a mainspring and "if power runs out because it was sitting still for too long, just give it a few upside down turns to get the kinetic rotors going again."
As a result, you'll never have to worry about batteries or battery life again if you were to own this striking mobile. Unfortunately, it's just a designers idea at this point, so there's no saying when and if it'll ever make it to production.

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Modu launches revolutionary mobile phone concept

Modu have crated a concept mobile phone that looks to revolutionise the way we integrate mobile phones in to our lives. The modu is the worlds first modular mobile phone. The tiny device is part of a modu ecosystem where the phone can be slipped into a wide variety of modu jackets - stylishly designed phone enclosures - and modu mates -- modu-enabled consumer electronics devices.
modu's ecosystem offers boundless possibilities in a simple and affordable way and already boasts mainstream consumer electronics manufacturers who have signed up to develop modu mates such as MP4 players, digital photo frames, cameras and DECT phones. One of the first such partners is car multimedia and navigation leader Blaupunkt.

Modu was set up in 2007 by leading technology innovator and entrepreneur Dov Moran, the inventor of the USB Flash Drive and other ground breaking personal storage solutions. modu is already attracting widespread support from leading players in the mobile and consumer electronics markets.

A concept video can be viewed at modumobile.com

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Camera phones could gain PC mouse function

A group of UK researchers are currently developing software that will allow a mobile phone with built-in camera to work as a 3D mouse for PC screens or other types of displays. A prototype of the software has been integrated into a camera phone and works with a desktop computer. It uses a Bluetooth connection with the computer operating the respective screen.
The phone successfully substitutes a conventional mouse, therefore it can be used to control any function that is normally accessible via the PC's screen. The new software works with Windows Mobile and Symbian and will probably be customized for other mobile operating systems too.

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Liscio designer phone

Some teaser images of a new designer mobile phone due to launch in February have been posted here.
The handset is called Liscio and boasts a sleek design, gloss black finish and music keys in the centre of the keypad.
But wait, the smart guys over at Engadget have spotted this 'new' phone before! Is it, as they suggest, in fact a re-branded Haier Elegance?

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Hydrogen power for mobile phones

Canadian company Angstrom Power has demonstrated a significant step in the development of hydrogen-powered cell phones. Unlike previous attempts at hydrogen-powered phones, Angstrom Power´s prototype allows the fuel cell to fit comfortably inside the phone, and can last twice as long between refueling than phones powered with lithium-ion batteries.

Angstrom Power has hydrogen-powered Motoslvr cell phones currently in testing. The fuel cell version looks identical to the battery version, but another advantage of the new technology is that it can refuel in as little as 10 minutes.
There are some issues to overcome though, such as the methods refueling, availability of fuel and safety issues such as vulnerability to heat. Angstrom Power is working on various solutions and hopes to have the technology commercially available by 2010.

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Sony TransferJet wireless connection

Sony are working on a new wireless file transfer and device communication system that promises speeds of up to 560Mb/s over very short distances.
TransferJet relies on two devices being only 3cm apart to deliver its maximum speed, but if conditions for transmission deteriorate it will maintain the highest possible connectivity by automatically lowering the data transmission rate.
Sony sees TransferJet being ideal for exchanging photos and HD images between electronic devices including mobile phones, digital cameras, digital video cameras, computers and TVs. For example, just touching a TransferJet enabled TV with a digital camera will instantaneously display photos on the TV screen.

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Microsoft "Surface" with new ideas

Microsoft have had this up for a while now but many may not have seen it.

Surface is a completely new style of computer that uses a 30 inch display in a table top combined with a touch sensitive user interface and wireless device recognition.
Surface is easy for individuals or small groups to interact with and can simultaneously recognize dozens and dozens of movements. It promises to change the way we play, learn and interact as well as the way we manage media devices.
A video suggesting the capabilities of Surface is available on You Tube here
Further information explaining the concept can be found at the Microsoft mini site here

LG present watch phone concept

LG have demonstrated working examples of a mobile phone watch concept at CES in Las Vegas. The device uses a scroll navigation with two main soft keys and contains calling, messaging and Bluetooth options. Price, full specification and release date are still to be confirmed, but a video of the phone in action can be seen here

Nokia slide concept points to N93 successor

GSM Arena have scooped details of a patent application made by Nokia showing a new slide design incorporating possibly a 6 or even 8 megapixel camera. The camera housing can be pulled up and rotated allowing the display to be used as a view finder and doing this also reveals the xenon flash.

The styling is very reminiscent of the N93 and shows Nokia is continuing to push the imaging capabilities of its handsets. There are no indications of the name or other specifications of this handset as yet.

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