people keep complaining about the battery life... how often are you NOT near a usb port during the day?

PaaatrickBabyBoy

@mildretard: LoL, one of those in my living room right now. Not my cuppa, but lol nonetheless.

So.... I wouldn't be caught dead. I'd rather renew my TerraPass.

philbert

@mildretard: Says the commentor with "mildretard" as their username

barwe

@mildretard: Satan appears to have taken hold of you this day. Go take yerself a 420.

mildretard

@twistfunk: Yes, you sound like a person of discriminating tastes.

mildretard

too bad it looks like a butt hole

twistfunk

@barwe: As opposed to you, who apparently needs no reason at all.

mildretard

@barwe: yeah, charging your gizmo with renewable energy is pretty prickish.

Akibake-

All that will do is give iPhone users another reason to get that phone out and act like a prick.

barwe

@moonrock: the dock connectors on the two phones are the same. The old phone probably won't fit in as snugly since the 3G is a little chubbier.

jarque

... will it work with 2g iphone?

moonrock

Does this mean we have to go out in the sun? Yuck.

Akibake-

@PaaatrickBabyBoy:
I know right? Just have a charger at home and a charger in your car and you're set!

daftrok

Great idea, but it's damn ugly.

karmaghost

@PaaatrickBabyBoy: I'm a photographer and often spend my weekends shooting soccer tournaments, leaving my car around 7:30am and not getting back to it until 8 or 9pm. You'd be surprised how fast that battery can drain when you're coordinating shooters for each game, reading emails, signing up parents for our mailing list, showing parents our website and previous tournaments... especially when your exhausted ass forgot to charge the phone completely the night before.

twoeightnine

That panel is awful small to output 5v.

wcnghj

you cant even use it while charging. and you would have to put it on your head for it to get any sun

enchantedgoose

I think it looks pretty good, for a Hasbro Evel Knievel Junior Radar Detector ca. 1976.

mcdj

Maybe a tad more aesthetic stitching. Didn't these guys look at mobo or blu cases? They look amazing, but this guy... Hugh!

Love the concept though.

jlindenbaum

@jarque: Not true I've heard, the firewire prongs have been taken out or something I'm told..,and I know it is USB, it spose to be some prong going into the iPhone...This is why my old Ipod Car charger/radio tuner will tune but not charge..or so I'm told by an Ex coworker at AT&T...meh

Anyone know better?

doobiebros2two

@PaaatrickBabyBoy: True, but I don't have my cable in pocket 24/7.

leetXcore

Ew, guys. Why would you show a picture of that model? Why not show a picture of the sleeker black model with top clip? I'd probably get one if a) it actually charged a first gen (varying reports on this) and b) it was available in the U.S.

darthsaber10

too bad the case covers the moved light sensors. Looks like it was designed for the 2g iPhone.

ryceone

@darthsaber10: I was just about to say that a black model would look much better. Thanks for saving me the effort of making a redundant comment.

uhm...Bob

@darthsaber10: Totally. The black case on their site I would go for in a heartbeat. Much more my style and a little more inconspicuous

coolfelix

any love for the iTouch?

DanyBrancho

thanks for the link to the solarfeeds site...never heard of it before, its pretty cool...and i like the charger too..

scott

tessant

the 3g iphone has proximity sensors on the top left that are blocked by the case shown above

aznhobo1