Apple files patent for solar cells on portable devices!

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  • DateDoc
    Outside looking in.
    • Feb 2005
    • 14243
    #1

    Apple files patent for solar cells on portable devices!

    Sun powered iPhone coming soon!

    http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/26/app...hoobuzz&ybf1=1
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    • payd2purv
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jan 2008
      • 2727
      #2
      sweet!!!

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        • Miguel T
          ♦ Web Developer ♦
          • May 2005
          • 12473
          #3
          Pretty cool!

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            • Drake
              Hello world!
              • Mar 2003
              • 12508
              #4
              I love technology

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                • SomeCreep
                  :glugglug
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 26118
                  #5
                  Apple is the future.

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                    • DateDoc
                      Outside looking in.
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 14243
                      #6
                      should be cool but probably a ways off

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                        • tony299
                          lurker
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 57021
                          #7
                          I cant believe its taken this long for someone to do it.

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                            • crockett
                              in a van by the river
                              • May 2003
                              • 76818
                              #8
                              How the fuck can they patent something like that. Solar Cells are already out there and I assume are patented.. How the fuck can they get a new patent just because they might at sometime combine two existing products.

                              Can I patent Solar Cells on Cardboard boxes.. I mean really WTF is up with the patent office anymore.
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                                • bobby666
                                  boots are my religion
                                  • Nov 2005
                                  • 21765
                                  #9
                                  not really a new idea

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                                    • stev0
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2003
                                      • 6801
                                      #10
                                      They've been on calculators for as long as I can remember

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                                        • OG LennyT
                                          Wall Street Pimp
                                          • Jun 2003
                                          • 14345
                                          #11
                                          Apple stock is almost at $190 and rising...
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                                            • duff
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Sep 2006
                                              • 248
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by tony404
                                              I cant believe its taken this long for someone to do it.
                                              It was more a matter of cost (and probably still is), solar powering anything more advanced than a calculator isn't cheap.

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                                                • GatorB
                                                  The Demon & 12clicks
                                                  • Oct 2001
                                                  • 18208
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Mike33
                                                  I love technology
                                                  yeah except when Apple holds the patent you will only see this technology on over priced propietary Apple products.

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                                                    • Devin Aire
                                                      Registered User
                                                      • Apr 2004
                                                      • 35
                                                      #14
                                                      Soon, we will be able to pay for stuff with our iphones. No more bulky wallet one day...

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                                                        • tiger
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Apr 2002
                                                          • 6986
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by crockett
                                                          How the fuck can they patent something like that. Solar Cells are already out there and I assume are patented.. How the fuck can they get a new patent just because they might at sometime combine two existing products.

                                                          Can I patent Solar Cells on Cardboard boxes.. I mean really WTF is up with the patent office anymore.
                                                          I thought the same thing but if you read the article the patent is for putting the solar cells under the lcd screen, which I have never seen done before. So its probably specific only to that application.

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                                                            • CosmicTang
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Feb 2007
                                                              • 1478
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Devin Aire
                                                              Soon, we will be able to pay for stuff with our iphones. No more bulky wallet one day...
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                                                                • Wilbo
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Feb 2001
                                                                  • 2082
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Don't most people keep theirs in their pocket all day? How much sunlight gets in to a pocket?

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