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Charge Your Cell Phone Using Wireless Power – “Qi” System

October 5, 2010

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has demonstrated a cell phone prototype that charges without wires! The prototype is based on a new wireless power standard called “Qi”. The Qi system, pronounced “chee”, transfers power by induction. (“Chee” means ‘vital energy’, an intangible flow of power, in Asian philosophy.) Electricity flows when a wire coil in a gadget, in this case a cell phone, is aligned with an energized coil in a charging pad. Charging time is about the same as a standard wired charger. […]

NTT DoCoMo – 4G Mobile Phones by 2010, Solar Handsets in Septemer

July 19, 2009

The world’s first 4G mobile phone network is on schedule to launch next year! Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is going head with plans for a 2010 launch of 4G (Long-Term Evolution – LTE) services on its own. LTE will play a significant role in quickly delivering movies and other media over connections expected to hit 300Mbps.

NTT DOCOMO also announced its development of the SOLAR HYBRID (docomo STYLE series SH-08A), a solar-powered, waterproof mobile phone that will go on sale at all DOCOMO sales channels in Japan from September. […]