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Motofone; charge it with your bicycle

Many people have wondered why there is no simple, inexpensive, cellphone. Most people use about 5% of a typical phone's capabilities. These phones have color screens, cameras, web capabilities, etc. Battery life could be much greater without all of the extras. Well, Motorola has finally developed a simple, inexpensive, phone called the Motofone. It uses E-ink technology for the display which doesn't require a backlight and is very energy efficient.

The saved power allowed Motorola to use a small, less expensive battery, even though the phone offers eight hours of talk time and 12 days of standby time. According to Colorado, a user could charge the phone by riding a bicycle, a dominant mode of transportation in India. In a bike equipped with an inexpensive dynamo-based system Motorola is also developing, it would take about two hours of biking at a leisurely pace.

posted by Bruce Wright at 8:57 PM #

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