Solar-powered iPhone on the way?

May 27th, 2008 | Category: Phones

Apple has taken a shine to using solar cells in its mobile devices.

A patent application, unearthered by MacRumors.com, describes technology to integrate solar cells into portable devices. The named

inventors of the patent application are Apple employees, some of whom are iPod engineers.

Images from an Apple patent …

Orginal post by Martin LaMonica

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