Solar-Powered Cell Phone
Ohers have talked about it, but Chinese company High Tech Wealth has actually done it. They went and released a commercially available cell phone that can be charged via solar panels on its face. One hour of basking in the sun's rays translates into roughly forty minutes of talk time. According to High Tech Wealth, the life span of the battery is also about 2.5 times longer than traditional batteries.The phone, creatively called the S116, will likely never make a stateside debut, unforunately. Other than the solar panel, the phone is pretty standard fare: 1.3 Megapixel camera, 320x240 QVGA screen, and MP3 playback.
From Textually.org
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