GSLO Acquires Exclusive North American Distribution Rights to Volt Solar Charger
January 12 2011 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
GoSolarUSA (Pink Sheets: GSLO) announced today that it acquired
the exclusive North American distribution rights to the Volt Solar
Charger accessory for the Apple iPhone.
A rendering of GoSolarUSA's Volt Solar
Charger for the Apple iPhone. (Photo: Business Wire)
GoSolarUSA completed the acquisition by signing a distribution
agreement with Xiamen Solar Electronics (XSE), the Chinese
developer of the Volt. The agreement provides GoSolarUSA the
exclusive right to sell and distribute the Volt in North America,
the world’s largest market for iPhone accessories.
The deal is only the latest development in the burgeoning
relationship between GSLO and XSE. On Monday, GoSolarUSA announced
that it signed a profit participation agreement with XSE that
entitles GSLO to a percentage of XSE’s future net profits
worldwide.
“GoSolarUSA has made it a priority to bring new technology into
the North American market for Apple product accessories, and we
expect XSE to be an invaluable partner in that mission,” said GSLO
President and CEO Tyson Rohde. “With the announcement yesterday
that the iPhone 4 will be available on the Verizon (NYSE: VZ)
Wireless network beginning in February, we anticipate that the
massive domestic market for iPhone accessories such as the Volt
will grow even larger in the coming months.”
The Volt Solar Charger is an external battery pack that attaches
to the iPhone and extends its battery life using a top-of-the-line,
built-in solar panel. The Volt is capable of harvesting solar
energy to charge all versions of the Apple iPhone with the same
device. By capturing free, renewable solar power, the Volt
recharges the iPhone’s battery first before charging its own
internal battery, nearly doubling the smartphone’s talk time.
The Volt includes a larger battery than many competitors and is
the only iPhone battery pack known to the company to include a
reception corrector. In order to charge the Volt Solar Charger
after sunset, a USB cable will also be included with the device.
Manufactured in a variety of colors, the Volt will soon go on sale
bundled with a one-year warranty.
“This company has high hopes for the Volt,” Rohde said. “There
is great demand in this market for powerful smartphone accessories,
and the Volt genuinely improves the iPhone user experience. We
truly believe that this product has the potential to introduce
solar technology to the daily lives of millions of iPhone
users.”
Seeking to capitalize on the emerging new era of mobile
communications, GoSolarUSA has been active in funding new accessory
technologies for commercialization. In 2010, GSLO inked a profit
participation agreement with the PREE Corporation, developers of
the PREEcharge accessory for the iPhone and iPad.
GoSolarUSA is dedicated to aggressively acquiring, developing
and marketing promising and potentially profitable technology. The
Volt Solar Charger is a product of Xiamen Solar Electronics based
in Xiamen, China. The iPhone is a product of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:
AAPL), which competes in the global mobile electronics market
against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Research in Motion (NASDAQ:
RIMM).
For more information, please
visit www.GoSolarUSA.com/Investors.
About GoSolarUSA, Inc.
GoSolarUSA primarily identifies and develops new solar energy
technologies in the United States. We believe this not only creates
high-quality jobs in America, but it ensures the quality and
availability of our products. GSLO is endeavoring to advance clean
American solar technology to compete in an energy industry that
includes stalwarts such as First Solar. GoSolarUSA is a US
registered and reporting OTCQB market tier company.
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