Survey: Is a Solar Charger Built Into a Phone Just Eco-Bling?


In the past few days we've seen a couple of cell phone offerings with integrated solar panels, with the Google Android getting the solar power makeover most recently. Now I'm entirely for more applications for solar power charging, but as someone whose phone is either in a) my hand or b) my bag as I go about my day—and all my charging done at —I can't help but think that integrating the solar charger into the phone seems more like eco-bling than anything else. What do readers think?
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