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iPhone 3G Goes Solar Powered with New Case
iPhone 3G Goes Solar Powered with New Case
For those of you with the 3G, you may have noticed an issue with a rather short battery life. Well, Mobilefun has a solar powered case that will help you with that problem. The solar case can provide enough charge for functional use in less than 3 hours, but it will take a full 10 hours to fill the battery. Maybe the thing to do is leave the case on the dashboard or window sill all day, ...
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iPhone 3G Goes Solar Powered with New Case
Eco Geek Latest — ... For those of you with the 3G, you may have noticed an issue with a rather short battery life. Well, Mobilefun has a solar powered case that will help you with that problem. The solar case can provide enough charge for functional use in less than 3 hours, but it will take a full 10 hours to fill the battery. Maybe the thing to do is leave the case on the dashboard or window sill all day, then charge your phone up at night. ...

iPhone 3G Solar Charging Case
OhGizmo! — ... so the case also features a 1500 mAh battery that can be used to provide one full charge for your iPhone. Sitting in the sun the case’s battery will take about 3 hours itself to recharge, and it also includes a mini USB cable allowing you to recharge other gadgets and electronics when the iPhone is topped off. The case will be available sometime in August from Mobile Fun in black or white for about $54. [ iPhone 3G Solar Charging Case ] VIA [ EcoGeek ] ...

1500mAh Solar Powered Charging Case For the iPhone 3G [The Sun To The Rescue]
Gizmodo — ... one advantage over all of these other devices—it can be charged by the sun. The case itself features a sizable 1500mAh battery pack that they claim can be charged by the sun in as little as three hours. It also has a mini USB to USB cable that allows you to charge from your PC or hook up other gadgets for a quick shot of sweet solar juice. The case is slated for release in August in both black and white versions for around $54. [Mobile Fun via SolarFeeds via EcoGeek] ...

IPhone Case Summons Powers of the Sun
Wired: Gadget Lab — Somewhere out there are hippies with iPhones. And Mobilefun's solar-powered case would make them less hypocritical. Due for release mid-August, MobileFun's Solar Powered case (which has a surprisingly boring name) contains a 1500 mAh battery that soaks up rays to charge your iPhone 3G. It'll take three hours of fun in the sun to charge your handset with enough juice to function, and 10 hours to get a full charge. Pricing has not been announced. And even if the saving energy isn't your concern, this might be a good solution if you have issues with iPhone 3G's meager battery life. Just make sure to slap ...

Solar-Ladegerät für das iPhone 3G
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen — Das iPhone 3G hat ja bekanntlich viele Stärken, aber auch einige Schwächen. Eine davon ist die Akkulaufzeit. Wer unterwegs nicht mitten im Gespräch unterbrochen werden möchte, der muss entweder immer einen “Saftspender” in der Nähe haben, oder einfach dieses iPhone 3G Solar-Ladegerät nutzen. Letzteres ist gut für die Umwelt und bei diesem Wetter auch absolut nutzbar. Bei dem Sonnenschein und Temperaturen über 30 Grad macht das Aufladen des Akkus während eines kleinen Picknicks nicht nur viel Spaß, es geht auch ziemlich schnell. Nach drei Stunden ist das iPhone 3G ...

Die 5 heißesten Solar-Gadgets für den Sommer
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen — Die letzten Tage haben uns herrliches Frühlingswetter und damit auch den ersten Vorgeschmack auf einen hoffentlich tollen und heißen Sommer beschert. Grund genug, sich den wichtigsten Utensilien zuzuwenden, die man im kommenden Frühsommer und Sommer garantiert braucht und zwar nicht irgendwelchen Gad- gets, sondern Umweltbewusstsein sei Dank solarbetriebenen Gadgets. Da es nun fast täglich neue Solar-Gadgets gibt und die Entwickler rund um die Uhr an neuen Ideen tüfteln, möchten wir euch im Folgenden die 5 heißesten Solar-Gadgets für den Sommer 2009 vorstellen. Zwar haben es ...

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