We recently covered how Apple was awarded 563 patents in 2010 but a patent approval announced today is for something we first mentioned back in January of 2010 -- a patent for power management circuitry for solar-powered portable devices. Patently Apple is reporting that the US Patent and Trademark Office published the newly approved patent which pertains to charging and operating portable devices with solar power via a voltage converter. While most solar chargers designed for portable devices act
