World’s first waterproof solar cellphone from Sharp makes Somalian pirates say arggg!
In continuation of a recent trend of major manufacturers announcing a new-found interest in making a buck off developing nations solar-powered cellphones, AU (KDDI) and Sharp have announced the June launch of this unnamed solar handset. Besides being the world’s first waterproof solar handset, it charges to a minute of talk or 2-hours of standby after just 10 minutes in the sun. No other specs were announced though we seriously doubt it’ll be a power-sucking feature- or smart-phone. Naturally, it’ll still be a boon to people where electricity is scarce but what about the industrious guy who owns the village car battery?
[Via Akihabara News]
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