May not have heard of the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Mobile Umeox, but chances are you have not met one of their mobile phones at one time or another without knowing it because their phones are usually re-branded and sold by companies worldwide. The company announced the offer last week for Mobile World Congress 2011 is expected to hit stores later this year. The name of the Greek god of the sun, Apollo Sports Umeox built a solar panel on the back to keep the phone, you can not get to the socket - assuming you can get some sunlight, of course.
Besides the built-in solar charger, Apollo features are not really something to write - or by phone at home - almost, but should be fine for anyone who uses a lot of time from the comfort of an electrical outlet do not use t "for new features Bang genius. Android-based device has a 3.2 inch 320 x 480 display, 1 GB internal memory can be increased via microSD slot, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP Camera 3-megapixel back and 3.5mm audio jack.
As noted in Mobile Crunch, Umeox seems to make two versions of Apollo - a model for networks 850/1900MHz in the U.S. 900/1800MHz networks compatible model large parts of Europe and Asia. Umeox says that topping up the phone for everyday use will take only about 2.5 hours in the sun, but loading a completely discharged battery will take approximately 17 hours.
While a collector may seem like something nifty to get on the phone, you should ask yourself how long your current phone passes the sun, and if such feature is worth sacrificing the power of well-equipped smart phone. Judging by less than stellar success of other solar panels touting mobile phones like Samsung Blue Earth, the sun and Sharp Ketai Coral-200-Solar, the answers to these questions seem, "Enough" and "no."
900/1800MHz model to be released in the second quarter of this year, with model 850/1900MHz for the third quarter.
