Solar-powered MP3P ‘MEGA PLAYER 540′

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MSI has unveiled the first solar-powered MP3 player, MEGA PLAYER 540 at CeBIT 2006.

This 4GB HDD MP3P is powered by lithium-ion battery with a separate solar charger on the exterior. So, it can be easily charged where there is sunlight.

It will be available in the market at the end of this year.

A report from IDG News Service published at PC World:

The company’s other solar device, the “Solar Cell MP3 player”, a version of its MSI Mega Player 540 that has 4GB of storage capacity, is also too expensive to consider for mass production, says Jack Tsai, marketing manager for MSI’s consumer electronics unit. But it extends battery life by 3 hours and can recharge the battery, he adds.

The solar panel on the MP3 player displayed nearly took up its entire back side. Tsai says the solar power display MSI set up has attracted a lot of interest at CeBIT, and drawn in a number of people for a closer look.

I guess, it’ll take sometime before this technology is perfected and ready for mass production.

March 12th, 2006