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The World’s First Solar-Powered Waterproof Cell Phone

Wednesday Apr 22, 2009

3460645700_a06d590ef3_mSharp and Japanese network KDDI have a come up with the world’s first solar-powered waterproof cell phone.

The phone, scheduled for a June release in Japan, can nab one minute of talk time or two hours of standby power from ten minutes of sun.

The phone can derive 80% of its charge in total from solar power.

Details on Sharp’s phone are scant, with pricing yet to be released.

The company hasn’t given a timeline on when the phone will be unveiled in the U.S., but Sharp’s cell phone will beat both Samsung and LG’s solar-powered models to market.