the first waterproof solar cellphone in the world from Sharp makes Somalian pirates say arggg!
In continuation of a recent trend of major manufacturers announcing a new-found interest in making a buck off developing nations solar-powered cell phones, AU (KDDI) and Sharp have announced the June launch of this unnamed solar handset.
Besides being the world's first waterproof solar handset (cell phone), it charges to a minute of talk or 2-hours of standby after just 10 minutes in the sun. No other specifications of this waterproof solar mobile phone were announced though we seriously doubt it'll be a power-sucking feature- or smart-phone.
Naturally, it'll still be a boon to people where electricity is scarce but what about the industrious guy who owns the village car battery?