You have to love it when environmentally friendly meets practical and that’s exactly what’s happened with the new release of Novothink’s latest creation, the Surge. While it’s just out and we haven’t had a chance to get our hot, little hands on it to test yet, the Surge looks good and sounds like something that would see use in our households on a daily basis.

The Novothink Surge is the first Apple-certified solar iPhone charger case to hit the market. This handy little item will extend 3G talk time by four hours and audio playback by 20 hours simply by keeping it exposed to sunlight. It has an integrated lithium-ion battery that stores excess energy as well and a LED display to keep you informed on the device’s status.

The Surge is now on the market and costs $79.95 for the iPhone model and $69.95 for the iPod Touch version.