Thursday, February 26, 2009
Chinese group' s ZTE unveiled the world's first low-cost solar-powered mobile phone targeted at the world's poor , which is to go on sale in June for under US $40 .
The handset, called Coral-200-Solar, uses Dutch technology to boost the current from a single mini solar panel, which is located on the back of the phone and measures 3.0 centimetres by 7.0 (1.2 inches by 2.8).
A charge of one hour in full sunlight would offer 15 minutes of talk time, the companies said, adding that the phone could be charged normally with an electricity supply.
Wang said ZTE was in talks with a number of network operators besides Digicell that are interested in distributing the new phone.
The mobile phone industry appears to have embraced the potential of solar power, which could extend phone services to the millions excluded because they have no, or a highly irregular, power supply.
By: DocMemory
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