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GreenFire Technologies is working on what they say is the power-bank product, which is/will be designed to quickly charge your phone. When I say quickly I mean 30 seconds, and we’re talking about regular Li-Ion batteries! Their trick is in the huge paradigm shift. They don’t talk about actually charging batteries but moving of energy from their power-bank accessory to the phone. That power-bank has some kind of battery inside that already contains electricity and the whole trick is to move that energy from a power-bank to the cell-phone’s battery. I spoke with a co-founder and he says they have a working prototype that sings along BlackBerry phones. The planned launch is set for next year at Mobile World Congress.
Back to that accessory. It’s about the size of 3 iPhones (bit wider though) and it also has a solar panel on one side, making it an eco-friendly solution as well. When it’s launched it will cost about $100 and the price will further go down with the time (when they expand the capacity).
In addition to this home-based solution, GreenFire also plans to make large power-bank stations and offer them to mobile operators and other interested parties which would put them in stores or on the street. Just imagine – you’re in a Starbucks and there’s such station in place that allows you to fully charge your device within 30 seconds. That’s super-cool in my book. Can’t wait to grab one home-based solution as soon as it’s being offered…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
