Different Ways to Recharge Your Cellular Phone

Everyday cell phone news reports a number of new cell phones being unveiled with new features which require more powerful processors where battery life is usually a problem. One main issue from cell phone end users is battery life. The more powerful the cellular phone, the shorter the battery life. Additionally, as the battery ages, the batter life goes down.

One more problem is if you are out and about and don’t have your cellular phone charger or is close to an electrical outlet, your cell phone will perish. If you're able to access an electrical outlet, you have to wait several minutes (about a half hour) to get respectable charge. This can certainly be a problem.

Physical Energy

There are many businesses looking at unique technologies to make recharging your cellphone quicker and simpler. One organization named InStep NanoPower has engineered a low-priced easy high-power energy harvester to transform mechanical energy by means of walking in to electrical power (close to 20 watts). This electrical power is sufficient to lengthen battery time of any cellular phone.

Researchers at Simon Frasier University (SFU) in British Columbia has also designed a wearable apparatus that provides energy from walking and claims to transform the way we charge portable battery-powered products.

Power From the Sun

In case you are ever stranded outdoors in the sunlight, you can actually use solar energy to recharge your cellular phone. There are products already on the market for purchase that utilizes solar energy to recharge your cellular phone. The solar panels are small enough to attach to your cellular phone so when you are outdoors the cell phone is being charged. These products can recharge your cell phone, even if it’s totally dead. A full charge using solar energy takes 6 to 10 hours for most cell phones. One particular company is SolDesign Lab who designed a Solar Pump Charging Station.

Portable Energy

There are numerous portable chargers on the market that you can travel with, incase you are not close to a charging station. One device is the Turbocell Charger which utilizes AA batteries to recharge your phone’s lithium battery nearly 2 hours of additional talk time. These types of products should only be used as backups incase you find yourself in a situation where you have no access to an electrical outlet.

Wind Energy
Orange, a U. K. based telecommunications organization, in 2007 released plans to launch the Orange Mobile Wind Charger to recharge portable electronic devices outside such as cellular phones.

The Mobile Wind Charger is a mini turbine that connects to the top of camping tents and stores energy in a control box that you can plug into your phone. The unit is developed for use outside and normally takes about 24 hours to entirely recharge the typical cellular phone with winds of 12 mph.