Back in May, Samsung signed a deal with MTI to ultimately provide them with direct methanol micro fuel cells for their portable cell phones.

Today we hear that the first batch of prototypes have just been delivered to Samsung.

Forgive my scepticism, but I'm not convinced that there is a crisis in battery power for mobile/cell phones warranting micro fuel cells. If it runs out of power, charge it up. Big deal. The real challenge has to be with laptops. A laptop from 10 years ago could probably do an hour without power. Exactly the same today. Mobiles may be using more power, but I much prefer a big screen and keyboard to write anything serious.I'm just a bit concerned that the micro fuel cell industry is one that will stay at the prototype stage for a very long time.