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Untested Prototype Alert! We get skeptical around solar powered
portable gadgets. The sad fact is, most gadgets spend their days in
bags and pockets and, if they're portable, they rarely have enough
surface area to create a significant amount of charge. But, as panels
get more efficient, and gadgets get less power-hungry, it might,
someday, be a possibility.
So we're bringing you this tiny prototype phone from Docomo. It's billed as a 'hybrid' solar phone which, I think we can assume, means that it's mostly reliant on being plugged into the wall. But that the solar panel might give you the extra two minutes of talking time you need if you're in a jam. On the whole, the prototype is very cool, with a fairly large color LCD and an unheard of form factor, but I think we're gonna have to wait for viable, self-contained solar power in a phone.
So we're bringing you this tiny prototype phone from Docomo. It's billed as a 'hybrid' solar phone which, I think we can assume, means that it's mostly reliant on being plugged into the wall. But that the solar panel might give you the extra two minutes of talking time you need if you're in a jam. On the whole, the prototype is very cool, with a fairly large color LCD and an unheard of form factor, but I think we're gonna have to wait for viable, self-contained solar power in a phone.
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written by Wulf, November 24, 2006
"Unheard of form factor"? That's the closest thing to a GBA SP without actually being a GBA SP that I've ever seen… Lol.
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written by Celia, January 12, 2007
I don't care what anyone else says. I like it. It could buy me a few minutes for my cell phone.
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written by Lee Wong Seoul, July 22, 2007
"I hope Apple starts doing this on the iPods"
Lets see if Apple will handle regular phone. They already found bunch of bugs..
Thanks
Lee
Lets see if Apple will handle regular phone. They already found bunch of bugs..
Thanks
Lee
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I hope Apple starts doing this on the iPods, iPhone and mac books.