Solar power iPhone (VIDEO)

Is Apple finally ready to let us have official solar powered iPhones?

Looks like the answer is yes.

A company named Novothink has been producing a gadget called the Solar Surge, a case for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows it to charge with a built in solar panel.

Up until now the solar power hookup for the iPhone was not an approved product.

But now apparently Apple is getting ready to give it their official seal of approval.

The iPod Touch case sells for $70 and the iPhone version costs $80, but you can find some sales if you hunt a little.

Solar power iPhone (VIDEO)
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Solar power combined with fancy-looking cases? The perfect storm for getting an end-of-the-week mention on the Gadget Lab. Today its the turn of the Novothink Solar Surge, an iPhone and iPad Touch case with a solar panel and a lithium-ion polymer battery. Instead of just gluing some photo-sensitive panels to the back of a case, Novothink has, well, actually thought about the design...

Solar power iPhone (VIDEO)