Two new mobile handset charging technologies - wireless charging and super capacitors – when working as an integrated solution will penetrate more than 22 percent of handset sales by 2014, a new report found.

That was the top finding in a market research Handset Component Technologies  report Strategy Analytics  called “Wireless Charging Will Quadruple its Potential if Combined with Speed-Charging.”

Research analysts at the firm said that Palm Pre’s wireless charging solution was priced high and takes a long time to recharge the mobile. However, once a super capacitor is added to the wireless recharge circuit, the scenario dramatically changes for the better and may well be the panacea technologists and consumers alike are looking for to quickly recharge the fast depleting power cycles in their handsets.

“Strategy Analytics (News - Alert) predicts that the price of wireless charging solutions will fall to around US$15 by 2014 and, if combined with super capacitors for speed-charging, could significantly increase the value proposition of wireless charging,” said Stuart Robinson, author of the report and director of the HCT service for Strategy Analytics, in a statement

The Palm Pre was revealed and showcased at the CES (News - Alert) 2009, and won three CNET’s CES Awards 2009 in the following categories - Best in Show, Best in Category for Cell Phones and Smartphones, and Best from People’s Voice. It is the first Smartphone which has an option for wireless charging, which is conjured by means of electromagnetic induction, when nested in a non-impregnation and non-copper contact charger called the Touchstone (News - Alert).

A previous Strategy Analytics HCT service report, “Cell Phone Energy Gap: Desperately Seeking Solutions,” claimed that though mobile handset battery and recharge technology is improving with each new iteration, it is still unable to keep pace with the increasing computing demands that feature rich interactive graphic content, internet surfing, downloading and social networking require.

One of the prime reasons for increased spurts in battery budgets is the growing demand of smartphones, and more evidence that this trend is growing.

The report indicated that the rate at which individual and combined component power consumption had decreased and battery chemical composition had improved was only 4 percent over the last three years, and that simply will not be enough to fuel and maintain the battery consumption rate that is expected to increase by 30 percent in 2014 as compared with 9 percent in 2008.

Since power back up is directly proportional to expenses accrued, the gaps in how much is required versus what actually is available will subject consumers to increased fiscal pressure due to more frequent recharge requirements. One envisages a parody-like scenario where consumers owning mobile handsets will get so fed up with the shortened recharge frequency that they may keep the power charger constantly connected to the device and to the mains current supply, and hence become immobile device owners.

The report said battery technologies that include Silver Zinc and Hydrogen Fuel Cell solutions are most likely to replace the existing Lithium Ion solution in the future, and combined with ultra capacity capacitors that help speed charging may contribute to reducing recharge frequency in the foreseeable future till 2015.

 “Super Capacitors have been around for many years and are now just beginning to be designed into cell phones, mainly for camera flash applications where their ability to deliver a high level of power for a short period is ideal,” said Stephen Entwistle, vice president of the Strategic Technologies Practice at Strategy Analytics, in a statement. “Strategy Analytics believes that the technology will continue to mature and will nicely complement wireless chargers.”