LG has reportedly developed a solar panel compatible for e-book readers. This means that there will be no need to charge up those handy e-book readers, whether you are away on vacation or just lying on your bed with your e-book.

Although e-book owners already do enjoy long-lasting battery life as it does not really take much power to use the device, but stopping in between work to charge up can be irritating as well as an inconvenience. With the solar panel, simple exposure to 4 to 5 hours of sunlight will provide users with enough e-book power to last the entire day.

In order to prove that it works, the 10-centimeter square panel has been incorporated into a Sony e-book reader. It is being said that the working prototype will be on display at the International Meeting on Information Display in Seoul, South Korea.

The weight of the additional panel is only 20 grams, with the thickness of less than a millimeter. This suggests that the addition of the panel in an e-book reader will have almost negligible effect on the device’s weight.

With such development in progress, it won’t be long before we get to enjoy mobile phones and PDAs that can draw power from solar energy. Now that’s convenience!

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