The phone comes as a big relief for people living in far-flung areas where there is erratic or even no power supply.
Thursday, June 11, 2009: Now you can charge your mobile anywhere the sun is shining when electricity is unavailable. Samsung has introduced its first solar-powered mobile phone, the samsung solar Guru (Guru E1107), in India. However, the solar power charging is only an option and not the main mode of charging. To charge the battery fully via the solar panel, the phone needs to be kept in the sun for 40 hours.
Priced at Rs 2,799 (($59), the samsung solar guru will be available in India, Europe, Southeast Asia, southwest Asia, and latin America from June 2009.
You can also look forward to Blue Earth -- a pebble shaped, solar-powered touchscreen phone from samsung. samsung presented the solar charging phone Blue Earth at Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona earlier this year. The phone uses a small solar panel to provide power. A full solar charge of around 10 to 14 hours will provide enough power for around four hours of talk time.
Blue Earth is made from recycled plastic and features a special Eco Mode that users can access with a single click to wring the maximum energy use from the device.
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