Apple Mac has applied for the patent to integrate solar cells into their portable devices, adding to the speculation that solar power is being looked into for use with the Apple iPhone.
Solar power could help make the Apple iPhone become truly portable, with the touch-sensitive display screen a perfect area to integrate a solar cell. When generating electricity, the larger the solar panel the more energy created -
so what better device than the iPhone, whose display occupies almost the entire face?
The use of solar powered charging in portable devices is starting to get a lot more market attention. Vodafone recently announced its plans to also look into solar-powered phone chargers, whilst solar powered charging was a major talking point at the recent ITU Telecom conference. Interesting times look to be afoot in the world of the mobile phone…
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