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Originally Posted by eschwartz
I too don't see what people have against a solar charger.
I do think it is strange, though, that the Kindle of all things should seemingly be the first device to ship with a solar charger.
However useful it is for a Kindle, it would be far more useful for a smartphone or tablet... and yet, no one seems to be trying to convince people they need to get a smartphone/tablet with a solar charger.
Even the third-party solar chargers that are available don't seem to get much press, and the Kindle will come with one by default?  |
You can get solar cases for phones, the main problems are that a smartphone takes up way more power than you get from a phone sized panel and your phone is normally in a pocket away from the sunlight.
I've got a rucksack with a solar panel and a smallish panel living on the windowsill at home and I still can't always keep my phone charged off-grid although my ereader & mp3 player are usually charged from solar only during the summer. It helps if you have a Labrador and need to be outside 3 hours a day though, it would probably help more if I lived somewhere that got more sunshine than rain.