Solar Powered Leather Case for iPhone 2G and 3G
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you know that surfing the web over WiFi or 3G will drain the battery fairly quickly, compared to listening to music or playing the odd game. However, this creative leather charger case from Brando allows you to charge up your iPhone or iPod Touch when you’re on the move. Hopefully extending the life of your battery before you need to charge it again at home.
The leather case actually has it’s own lithium ion rechargeable battery with a 1500mAh capacity. Therefore you can leave you case in the sun (such as on a window-ledge or in your car). You can then have your iPod Touch or iPhone with you. When the case battery has fully charged, it can charge an iPhone in 3 hours. This means you don’t have the inconvenience of having to leave your phone in the sun.
Although the charger does not specifically refer to compatibility with the iPod Touch, I imagine it will work fine with it. Most devices are 100% compatible between the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Source: Coolest-Gadgets
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I got one of those from Solar Arcadia and is totally dead after the first charge. I’m trying to contact them with no success.
If you google it you will find other comments about the same issue.
http://ourmaninside.com/2008/10/07/iphone-solar-charger-case/
Don’t waste your money!
Thank you for the warning!
Dan
how long will it be before there is a solar panel built in? surely they have the technology
There’s probably a trade-off between benefit and costs, and it probably costs too much with little benefit to build a solar panel into the iPhone.
You know, I have seen solar powered purses as well, that you can put your cell phone in that will use solar power to charge your phone! I think that solar power is a very neat and upcoming thing when it comes to cell phones. Pretty soon we will be not only comparing mobile phone offers, but the goodies that come with them so we can save on the electricity bill!