The Samsung NC215S is the first 10 inch netbook to feature a solar panel built into the lid. It was initially scheduled to ship during the week of July 3rd, but as you may have noticed that week came and went. While the mini-laptop did go up for pre-order on Amazon recently, it’s not actually […]
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Samsung NC215S solar powered netbook up for pre-order
The Sasmung NC215S is the first netbook with a solar panel built right into the case. The company says you should be able to get 1 hour of battery life for every two hours of charging time in the sun. While Samsung told me a few weeks ago that the laptop would be available for […]
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Voltaic’s $299 solar iPad charger makes Samsung’s $399 solar netbook look good
Solar technology isn’t cheap, which is why it’s not all that surprising that Voltaic’s new Spark Tablet Case costs $299. On the one hand, that’s an awful lot of money to pay for an iPad case. On the other hand, it’s not really an unreasonable price for a device that generates 8 watts of solar […]
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Exclusive: Samsung NC215S solar netbook coming to the US July 3rd for $399
Samsung has confirmed that it will offer a solar-powered netbook in the US as well as Africa and Russia. The Samsung NC215S will be avialable in the US the week of July 3rd with a suggested retail price of $399. The US model features a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel matte display, 1GB of […]
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First look at Samsung’s solar-powered NC215S netbook
Samsung announced plans to launch a solar-powered netbook last month at the company’s Africa Forum. Now the folks at Samsung Hub report that the Samsung NC215S solar netbook will also make an appearance in Russia — and they dug up some of the first pictures of the new netbook. The new netbook features a solar […]
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This is what a solar powered laptop could look like
There are plenty of devices on the market which let you charge your laptop, phone, or tablet using a solar panel. But have you ever wondered what a laptop with solar panels built into the case would look like? As part of a contest sponsored by Fujitsu, a designer named Andrea Ponti came up with […]
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Pixel Qi suggests low power tablets could be powered by 1W solar panels
Pixel Qi‘s display technology allows you to seriously reduce power consumption when you cut off the backlight and use a tablet or notebook in high contrast, black and white mode. So while a 10 inch Pixel Qi screen uses around 2.5W of power in full color mode, it uses closer to 0.5W in black and […]
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Samsung may be working on a solar powered netbook for the developing world
Samsung is holding a forum in in Kenya this week, where the company is unveiling plans for notebooks, tablets, appliances, and other electronics in Africa. Many of the products being highlighted have been shown off in other parts of the globe already including the Samsung Galaxy line of Android phones and tablets and the Samsung […]