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Toshiba powers cell phone with methanol fuel cell — no, you can’t have one

October 01st, 2008 | Category: Gadgets

Toshiba continues to tease us with its prototype liquid fuel cell-powered gadgets: final year it was a Gigabeat media player, and at that year’s CEATEC you can check out a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) that’s been crammed inside a cell phone, lending it a robust six hours of talk day (compared to the paltry three or four hours of a traditional battery). Toshiba won’t reveal the capacity of the DMFC,

but they have said that a 50ml cartridge is good for about 15 refills. No release instance yet, but the phone “might” be available “as early as next year.” In the meanwhile, enjoy that picture of a woman holding a flip phone with “DMFC” clearly visible on the display.

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