Jul 12, 2007

Solar phone

Solar phone... A very good solution to tackle the present day problem of charging the cellphone.. Cell phones becoming a bare necessity and every one carrying one it has become very common that we forget to charge it.. At times when we travel it is a real big problem. This is a boon for every one.. It is self sustainable.. No energy consuming phone.. Perfectly idela if the price tag comes down.. Its priced a bit high now but soon the prices will come down and hope it creates a new revolution.. Please see the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHR5fr94Xwc

the article at http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=375736&ssid=365&sid=ENV

First solar-powered mobile phone

Beijing, June 07: A Chinese company has claimed to have developed the world's first solar-powered mobile phone that uses sun's energy to recharge itself.

The company says a scale-like solar panel on the top side of the clamshell-designed phone can also be recharged by light from other sources including candles.

It can provide 40 minutes of talk-time after sitting in the Sun for an hour.

Hi-tech wealth, a well-known telecommunication products supplier in china, claims its mobile phone is the world's first to use solar power to recharge its battery.

The company says it has developed the most advanced solar power technology and owns eight patents and has applied for numerous others.

Many companies around the world are working on similar mobile phones but their products are still at the experimental stage, Xinhua news agency quoted a company official as saying.

"With more than 400 million mobile phones in the country, china would save a great amount of electricity if all its mobile phones were recharged by light," chairman of Hi-Tech Wealth, Zhang Zhengyu said.

He claimed that the lifespan of the battery in the new phone is 2.5 times longer that traditional batteries. The cost of the solar-powered mobile phone was not provided.

The company plans to put six of its light energy mobile phones on the market this year, and another 30 next year, the report said.

Bureau Report