Apple Solar Power Patent Could Explain iPhone 2010's Ceramic Back

Trawling Apple's patents is a rewarding and frustrating game, since you never know what'll make it into reality. Rarely do you earn an "aha" moment. But this time, we may have struck a vein of relevant info--a new patent could explain the new iPhone's ceramic back piece.

The new application is a revisiting of an earlier patent where Apple demonstrated how it may build photovoltaic solar cell technology into the front of the device, inside the display screen. Now Apple's demonstrating how the...