Seems like at least one Chinese company is out to do something to combat the oft-reported construction of one coal-fired power station per week in China. Shenzhen-based HTW Electronics has come up with a solar-powered mobile phone, its S116, about which it gave a presentation - but with no actual hardware to show - at CeBIT last week.
HTW claims the S116 can run for 20-25 minutes of talktime from a 40 minute solar charge taken by cells which cover the back of the handset. In other news, the phone also sports a QVGA 240 x 320 screen and a 1.3MP camera. The company reckons the handset will be available in China from April.
(Via Unwired View)
Pretty cool, but v. ugly.
We need solar solar cell phone in larger quantityt.