Fuel cell powered phones years away: Nokia
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Consumers will still have to wait a few years before they can swap the batteries of their cell phones for more environment-friendly fuelcells, the world's top handset maker Nokia said on Tuesday.
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I will survive Nokia is about to rejuvenate its N-Gage mobile games console, if online reports are correct. The Finnish phone giant has apparently begun to evangelise new models to the industry.â¦
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NTT DoCoMo unveils a prototype micro fuel cell that recharges mobile phones.
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Nokia  hopes to launch six  to 12 new phones customized for North American carriers in  2008, versus three in 2007, as the company aims to improve its  weak market share in the region, said Mark Louison, president  of its North American business, on Wednesday.
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Short-range, energy-efficient wireless technology called Wibree is unveiled by Nokia.
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Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest  cellphone maker, has started its first tests of a technology  that allows users to roam seamlessly between phone networks and  local wireless hotspots such as Wi-Fi.
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(InfoWorld) - If just a small portion of the world's mobile phone users unplugged their charger when the battery is full, it could save enough electricity to power thousands of homes. So said Nokia on Thursday, as it unveiled a new industry group that aims to make mobile phones more environmentally friendly. The group also includes Motorola, France Telecom, Vodafone Group, TeliaSonera, and others. It was created as part of a European Commission project aimed at uniting members of different industries to work on reducing the environmental impact of their products. Members of the new group will try to educate people more about how they can reduce the environmental impact of using their cell phones. For example, manufacturers will start displaying a reminder on phones to unplug chargers once the battery is charged. If only 10 percent of phone users did that, they would save enough energy to power 60,000 European homes each year, Nokia estimates. The companies will alsoÂ reduce the hazardous materialsÂ they use beyond what current legislation requires. One example is Nokiaâs decision to stop using any components in its phones that contain a certain type of environmentally harmful chemical flame retardant. The operators will also increase the number of used phones that are returned for recycling. Theyâll examine existing recycling schemes around the world and identify successful ones. They also plan to try out incentive initiatives to determine if they might improve recycling rates. Environmental organizations including World Wildlife Fund, the Finnish Environmental Institute, the European Consumersâ Organization and the U.K.âs Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are also part of the new initiative. The European Union recently instituted new regulations on the types of hazardous materials that can be included in electronic devices. Most manufacturers were able to alter their products to comply with the new laws, but Palm in July stopped shipping what was its latest smart phone, the Treo 650, to Europe because it didnât meet the regulations.
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Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia has made a 3-D move against counterfeit batteries. In order for customers to be able to more easily identify original Nokia batteries from non-original batteries, Nokia has
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Helsinki - Nokia, the world&#39;s largest handset maker plans to mark its original batteries with a hologram as part of the fight against unsafe, counterfeit mobile phone batteries - some of which have exploded in users&#39; hands.
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The world's largest mobile phone maker, Nokia, said that the next generation of 3G mobile phones and handsets with music players would drive the sector this year.
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(InfoWorld) - NTT DoCoMo is showing at this week's Ceatec show in Japan a prototype fuel cell that it's developing with a Japanese startup for use as a cell-phone recharger. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) uses hydrogen gas as a fuel to produce electricity and is a compact 24 millimeters square, 70mm long and weighs 45 grams. The fuel cell isÂ under development by Aquafairy, a startup spun out of Nitto Denko to work on the technology. NTT DoCoMo recentlyÂ acquired a 36.5 percent stakeÂ in the company for an undisclosed sum. It can deliver enough power to recharge a cell phone three times before requiring a hydrogen refill. While it's still some way from being a commercial product, the fuel cell is completely different to what NTT DoCoMo had on show at Ceatec 2005. A year ago the company wasÂ displaying a direct methanol fuel cellÂ (DMFC) that was developed by Fujitsu Laboratories andÂ built into a cradleÂ into which a cell phone could be placed for recharging. DMFCs are based on a different chemistry from the PEFC on show this year. They typically work by mixing methanol with air and water to produce electrical power. For companies like NTT DoCoMo a future goal remains a fuel cell small enough and safe enough to be built directly into a cell phone. But the technology isn't at that stage yet so the first commercial fuel cell devices will likely be recharges that replenish the Lithium Ion battery inside of the phone but offer the advantage of being able to do so anywhere -- not just within a couple of meters of a wall socket.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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NEW YORK/HELSINKI  - Finland's Nokia NOK1V.HE,   the world's top cell phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a pair of   media phones and a music service in a bid to increase revenue   and win back popularity lost to rivals.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia isn't just a phone company any more. At least that's what executives at the company's headquarters in Helsinki say. In the "old days" of the 1990s, Nokia focused on developing technologies for communicating via voice and data, said Bob Iannucci, head of Nokia Research Center. But now and into the future, Nokia expects to move away from a telecom-centric approach into an information technology way of thinking, he said. The shift mimics a similar move in other industries, such as the computer market, that began centered on hardware. "Look at the PC," he said. "The market grows, devices become more capable, there's a shift in the value chain to software, services, and solutions." Similarly, now, Nokia isn't just about radios -- the component in mobile phones that communicates over the air, he said. Evidence of the change appears in an array of announcements from Nokia about partnerships with content companies and new software offerings. For example, Nokia has had agreements with Flickr and Yahoo Mail to link directly to those services on some Nokia phones. Also, on Tuesday, Nokia launched a new piece of software and aÂ service for displaying widgetsÂ on mobile phones. Nokia is so focused on software and services that its chief technology officer recently moved to New York City to be closer to companies that are global leaders in the industries. "The biggest software companies in the world are in the U.S.," said Tero Ojanpera, chief technology officer for Nokia, explaining his move. He named Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google as important companies that Nokia wishes to grow closer to. He also wants to be near the leading media companies. "Nokia, more and more, is a lifestyle company and that has to do with media," Ojanpera said. "The best in the world are in New York and Los Angeles." In addition, many of the venture capital companies that fund new technologies are based in Silicon Valley and he hopes to build closer relationships with them too. Ojanpera's list of Nokia's technology priorities indicate the shift in thinking at the company, which hasn't quite fully banished the radio yet. The priorities include: embrace the Internet, excel with software applications and services, win developers with a consistent architecture, and lead the multi-radio market.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia  , unveiled on Tuesday a new phone model, the Nokia  E51, for corporate users and said it still expects to fast  growth in the mobile e-mail market.
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"Due to market changes and increasing requirements for cost-effectiveness, production of mobile devices in Germany is no longer feasible for Nokia"  Finnish phone maker Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will close a manufacturing plant and automotive supply unit in Bochum, Germany, and was in talks to sell a research and development unit in Bochum to Sasken ... via SanLuisObispo.com
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Nokia Corp., the world&#39;s largest mobile phone maker, plans to bring 40 new handsets to the market next year as it seeks to expand its already dominant market share amid increased competition from rivals Motorola Inc.
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Looking to the future of the internet, voice over IP, streaming video, and other applications, Nokia has developed a prototype handset that supports Mobile Internet