ZTE and OKWAP team with Intivation to deliver next generation solar devices
By Thomas Ricker 
posted February 16th 2010 9:00AM
posted February 16th 2010 9:00AM
Linking the three devices is Intivations SunBoost solar conversion technology allowing the devices to charge in conditions less than ideal. The ZTE S316, for example, draws a max of about 113mA when on a call, while the solar cell pumps out about 50mA to 60mA of juice depending upon the natural lighting conditions (it even charges when cloudy). That's about two minutes of natural light exposure required for every minute of talk time to keep the device going. The solar cell on the GS109, meanwhile, produces about 70mA in direct sunlight to keep the device humming. Remember, the idea isn't to charge a phone from 0% to full but to keep a device continually charged at about 70% to 80%. Intivation is so confident in its tech that it claims to provide "a far better charging experience than anything else on the market today." Both the S316 and S101 charger will be available in April while the relatively swank GS109 will hit next month. See them all in the gallery below.
"O KWAP! Why did I buy this piece of junk!?"
@dkratter14
and...
theres nothing OK about WAP!
I am so sick of phone coverage...isnt there ANYTHING else?
@mark426 Pining for the iPad launch days?
"a far better charging experience..." I guess Chinese people spend a lot more time outdoors than Americans. Or at least, they will.
Hi jusy FYI,
OKWAP is not from China, its a Taiwan based company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventec
70mA isn't bad at all, and could probably keep a featurephone or a low-end smartphone topped up. My own Nokia idles at about 30mA if I don't have an active data connection, which I imagine accounts for a lot of low-end phone users. If they can give me a flexible solar cell I can strap to my backpack, I'd be all set.
Are we actually sticking with "superphone", really?
OKWAP? Really?
So how do you charge that phone in china when the sky is full of smog?
What a waste of time and money, solar powered cell phones, I guess this has some use in areas with poor power supplies, but something tells me if they have this, they would have issues with towers.
Crap like this reminds me of the Hollywood Elite crowd who drive their Prius to their private jet to fly across the US or elsewhere and then claim who "green" they are.
Not true in most developing countries charging phones is a real problem. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/08/21/solar.cellphone/index.html
In fact I could do with one to take to Glastonbury this summer.
Even though as a Taiwanese I am not proud of this, but OKWAP and inventec are both from Taiwan, not China.