, a company that makes solar powered electronics, has just released their newest creation: the Surge – a hybrid solar charger case for second and third generation iPhone and iPod Touch models.
These sleek photovolataic chargers are the first Apple-certified solar iPod cases, extending audio playback by 20 hours and 3G talk time by 4 hours just by catching some rays. According to this post on Inhabitat, "Extra energy is stored in an integrated lithium ion battery, and a set of low-energy LEDs display the device’s charging status."
This article appears in Mar 10-16, 2010.