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While it is pretty much expected that mobile phone users would be more interested in the Apple iPhone 4 than any other handset (since smart phone just came out a couple of weeks ago), it is surprising how much Nokia’s public ratings has gone down.

According to an independent study by YouGov, the number of people interested in getting a Nokia handset has gone down by at least 12%. Only 34% of phone buyers are considering getting a Nokia.

While the drop is mostly attributed to Apple’s new iPhone launch, but many also believe that Nokia has failed to keep public interest in their devices by failing to come up with truly innovative handsets in the past few months. With most of Nokia’s mobile phones still concentrating on the low end users, many high end smart phone users pass up Nokia devices in favor of phones from LG, Samsung, HTC and other big name phone manufacturers.

The Espoo based company needs to ramp up its game. Not only is Nokia currently the largest phone manufacturer in the world, they are also the most eco-friendly (with Sony Ericsson ranking in second place) as reported by Greenpeace.

Nokia has previously led the industry by setting new standards for mobile phone makers. Also, the close ties between the Finnish phone maker and the Symbian foundation has led to the creation of several iconic devices as well. Unless they are able to come up with a phone that is truly able to compete with the Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7, Nokia stands to lose plenty of ground in the next generation of smart phones.

This means that the upcoming Nokia N8 which uses the new launched Symbian^3 OS and the Nokia N9 which uses MeeGo which was developed by both Intel and Nokia are going to determine what happens to the company in the next few months.

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There is always room for green engineering and no one in the mobile phone industry knows this better than Nokia. They have been heralded as the greenest electronics company in the world and it shows; their processing facilities and products all follow strict rules regarding the use of eco-friendly products and better designs to help conserve energy and fuel.

Now, it seems that the Finnish phone manufacturer has finally managed to create a mobile phone charger that is fully green –thanks to pedal power. Bike enthusiasts will certainly enjoy knowing that Nokia has finally perfected their bike charging device and is starting to ship it to various countries all over the world.

Sadly, the UK is not on the initial list as Nokia is reportedly targeting counties where the use of a bike is considered to be a primary form of transportation. While this will certainly disappoint some folks, one can easily order the device online and have it shipped (for a reasonable cost).

The whole setup is easy to work with. Users will simply have to connect a dynamo to a bicycle’s wheel. This dynamo charges the energy from the wheel’s movement and uses it to create electricity. The result is an impressive charging ability that will provide users with about 23 minutes of talk time just from 10 minutes of biking (at a speed of 6 MPH).

Even if you do not use a bike to travel around, this technology will certainly do wonders even with a stationary bicycle at home –though one would have to do some pretty ingenious modifications to the dynamo as exercise bikes have no wheels to latch on to.

The price is estimated to be somewhere just above a dozen Quid –which makes the whole setup so much more enticing to have. Expect to see this gadget and variations of it to see more practical applications in the later weeks.

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