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NEC reveals Flask Cell Phones, running on fuel cells and pure beauty
You can tell fuel cells are just about to hit it big. There are toy cars (and real cars) that run on the things, and heck, they might even be safe enough to take on an airplane. NEC wants to get in on the act, too, showing off its fuel cell chops with this Flask Cell Phone, looking more like a cigarette lighter than a phone of the future.
The clear container has a touchscreen display on one side, and it’s the fuel (probably ethanol) that gives the clear-plastic phone those pretty pastel colors—you might be able to pick more manly colors of the liquid in your phone. Scant details were available about anything else, but NEC says these beauties will ship sometime this year.
Chip Chick, via Engadget
By Jen at 8:15 AM ON 01/29/08
Very much eye candy...
By emp at 4:01 AM ON 01/31/08
can u e-mail me where i can reserve one i got to get one of them phones they are so cool. thanks
By Flask Cell Phones at 6:17 AM ON 01/31/08
These look real neat and compact, the question is how long does battery(fuel cell) last and what will be the cost of these little gadgets. Robert
By Flask Cell Phones at 6:21 AM ON 01/31/08
How much are these neat little devices and how long does the cell last? Where will a person get one? Robert
By Ricky Shambles at 8:13 AM ON 01/31/08
I'll be sure to explain to the TSA that the explosive liquid in my phone is actually fueling my phone and not a terrorist attack. Heck, I get irritated when they take a lighter. Interesting gadget aside, do these folks have any connection to the reality of usability?
By John in Missouri at 9:26 AM ON 01/31/08
I'm a bit more concerned about how one might go about refueling one of these little gizmos.
By chip at 9:34 AM ON 01/31/08
How about the next time you write an article on technology you stretch your writing talents by actually telling us some detail? how big? how long does it last? recharch or refill? cost? explosive capability? How much do you make a year writing like its for the school paper?
By etc at 10:43 AM ON 01/31/08
Here's for a phone that supplies all necessities of drunk dialing.
With a little luck they'll engineer it to run off of commercial hard liquor. No sense in a flask anything if it's full of corn-based denatured evil.
By UK at 6:07 PM ON 01/31/08
The guy who wrote this article could do a little more research before he pans it out to everyone. Like how long does it last for would be a good place to start!
By mattc at 10:53 AM ON 02/01/08
Scant details were available about anything else, but NEC says these beauties will ship sometime this year.
I guess nobody read that part of the article, or do you just not know what scant means?
By Details at 11:18 AM ON 02/01/08
I agree with the others who say that having details in the article would make it useful instead of nearly pointless.
I can't even find this phone on the NEC website.
By rayh10 at 5:43 PM ON 02/01/08
Has anybody thought about telling NEC that they won't be able to be taken on airplanes & for that reason won't sell well?
By HeatherJean at 1:48 PM ON 02/04/08
Found the phone on the NEC website. Bit confused. Article says will be released in fall, website says is concept item. Here's the address where I found it. http://www.nec.co.jp/design/en/advance/indexj.html
Perhaps "fantasy" would have been a better word than "scant."
By janeski at 5:19 PM ON 02/18/08
If this thing runs on ethanol, then that means there must be some sort of byproduct from it's operation, just like a butane cigarette lighter, so what does it exhaust as it operates? Since cell phones are turned on all the time, what will be exhausted in your pocket or purse?
By i want flask phone(: at 4:09 AM ON 03/01/09
how do you "charge" these things after
run out of whatevers in them?
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