Solar Charging for your iPhone

Are you like me?  Are you constantly running out of juice on your cell phone?  Did you forget to plug it in last night?  If so, never fear, solar charging is here to save the day!  Novothink has released an Apple-certified solar charging case for iPhones.  They claim two hours of direct sunlight will give enough juice for 30 minutes of talk on a 3G network or about 60 minutes on a 2G network.  It also comes with an app to manage your solar needs.  The product is called Surge, and it is sure to be a hit!  (Hopefully they’ll release it for Blackberries so that I can join in on the fun!)

Yes, you can put in the batteries ANY way you want!

I read yesterday that Microsoft, yes the infamous Microsoft has developed a new technology for batteries.  It basically means that you can install batteries (like AAs or AAAs) into a device in any direction, and it will still work! I know that sometimes the little icons imprinted in the battery bays trips me up, and this would be great as you can just pop the batteries in and not worry about them being backwards or turning your device into a pile of scrap!

This innovation is called Instaload, and Microsoft is planning on licensing it to manufacturers instead of making it themselves.  I gotta admit, this is pretty cool!