Apple may develop solar-powered iPhones, iPods

OWNERS of Apple devices such as iPods and iPhones may soon be able to charge them up by leaving them out in the sun. Apple has filed a patent for a technology which would enable a layer of solar cells to be inserted under a touch-sensitive screen of the sort used in the iPhone. Read more

Review: iPod Touch

Apple does interfaces better than almost anyone else. Its engineers and designers figured out early on that how we physically use a device is almost as important as how it looks, what it can do and how much it costs. Read more