T-Mobile has a new interesting accessory for you. The Medis Xtreme 24/7 Xtreme Portable Power Solution is a fuel-cell portable power pack meant to let you charge your mobile phones on the go whenever you run out of juice.

The Medis Xtreme can offer you 20 watt-hours of every single cartridge of sodium borohydride used. Each activated cell can be used for up to three months although it’s recommended that you change it every six weeks or so. The Medis will come with various charging tips which will fit most cell phones and smartphones out there. The charger is available right now and it costs just $24.99. Any takers?

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T-Mobile is offering the Medis 24/7 Xtreme Portable Power Solution, a fuel-cell portable power pack which should be a great new accessory to have for mobile users. It runs on sealed cartridges of sodium borohydride and offers 20 watt hours from a single cartridge. The cells last for up to 18 months if unused and is activated through squeezing. The cell lasts for 3 months once activated but recommended usage should be within 6 weeks.

This is a great accessory to have especially for people who want a reliable charger that makes use of alternative energy. It is now available and retails for $24.99.

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Fuel cells might just be the battery solutions we’ve been waiting for. And Toshiba might just be the company ready to launch a fuel cell battery charger. Toshiba has announced that it will release a direct methanol fuel cell-based battery charger this fiscal quarter, before the end of March. The company will launch DMFC packs for cellphones and laptops in the following fiscal year. Will everything go smoothly? We’re going to find out soon!

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That shiny piece of dirt on that finger there is a the world’s smallest working fuel cell. The battery was developed by engineers over at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and it’s only measures 3mm per side.

This battery has been totally redesigned. It has four components: a water reservoir, a metal hydride chamber below, a thin membrane which separates them and an assembly of electrodes meant to conduct the electricity. Now that we can imagine how this thing works, can we imagine it inside our gadgets? And stuck, say, about 50 of those in our newest cell phones?

The fuel cell here generates 0.7 volts and a current of 0.1 miliamps for 30 hours before finishing off its fuel. And the latest designs can get you up to 1 miliamp. So I guess we’re not sure yet where this technology is heading to, but cell phones might get it too, right?

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The Sony X610 Concept Phone is a new phone boasting of a larger screen with a pull-down keypads. As for phone power requirements, it would run on a fuel cell battery and show off 24 mil color via its VGA screen.

This phone carries same features that standard mobile phones have. It has a 14 mega pixel camera and Bluetooth 3.0 interface but what should be striking about it is that fact that it can be a mobile projector as well.

Among the features that this concept phone carries include:

• Windows Mobile 7
• Wimax Technology
• Sky dvb + antenna
• Laser Pointer
• Fuel Cell Battery
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Check out this concept car from Chrysler. The ecoVoyager features a futuristic design and true to its name runs off a lithium-ion battery pack and an advanced hydrogen fuel cell. Chrysler claims a range of up to 300 miles. It has a distinctive design where the front and back doors open in opposite directions.

While it looks a bit funny at first, it does seem sensible. More pics in the extended entry.

Chrysler ecoVoyager

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MobileWhack was at the New York International Auto Show 2008 (last day is today!) that happened at the Javits Convention Center in New York. There were a host of new/concept cars on display including the Honda FCX Clarity - a fuel cell car. The fuel-cell stack in Clarity converts hydrogen fuel and oxygen into electricity that is then used to drive the engine. The end result is, you guessed it, water vapor, making it a truly zero-emission alternative.

As you can see, the current FC stack from Honday is much more compact compared to one they had in 1999. The FCX Clarity motor’s rotor shaft has a hollow construction where the driveshaft passes through the center in a coax configuration, allowing the motor and gearbox to be combined into a single unit.

The Clarity is currently in limited availability in Southern California.

Honda FCX Clarity

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