In Consideration of the Third World
Under the category of “it’s about time!”, we see Motorola getting agressive with alternative energy sources for powering cellphones - check it out here and other comments by CrunchGear here.
Of course, as my title suggests, this allows for wider distribution and logical use of cell phone technology in countries where electrical power for recharging is unpredictable at best and possibly not available at all in the worst case. Since other devices have been using solar power for self-charging for some time now, I think this could be a great step forward for large-scale adoption of solar power.