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You may haven’t heard of Umeox Mobile before and I don’t blame you. It is a Shenzhen, China-based ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) which rarely sells its products in the Western hemisphere.
The company has teamed up with Dutch company Intivation to launch a solar-powered Android smartphone called Umeox Apollo. As you can imagine — and see from the image above — this baby comes with a solar panel on the back, which [panel] is made using Intivation’s SunBoost3 Smart Cell solar module that works even in low-light conditions.
Aside from that, Umeox Apollo is a pretty standard mid-range Android smartphone with a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, FM radio, 512MB of RAM, Bluetooth, HSDPA, WiFi and so on. In addition, it comes with a rugged casing that apparently makes sure the Apollo “will last, at work AND play.”
Now I can’t help but wonder which of the major handset manufacturers will jump on-board and make its own solar-powered smartphone. We know Samsung had that Blue Earth all-touchscreen feature phone, which seemed pretty decent at the time it was announced. As a matter of fact, by simply adding a more powerful processor inside the Blue Earth could prove sufficient… or not. What do you say?
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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