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Motorola has quietly rolled out the A45, an eco-friendly slider with a modest QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD memmory card slot, and quad-band EDGE. The kicker is that 70% of the A45 can be recycled, and 25% of it is made from recycled plastic bottles. The blocky style looks a lot like the Hint; maybe if it had kept the crazy motocubo name this phone had in Brazil, it could stay a little more differentiated. The only other Motorola phone to really be green is the Renew, but there’s a bunch more of similar handsets hanging out in our eco category if you’re into that kind of thing. Interested? You can nab the A45 unlocked for $159.99 from Motorola’s online store. Who knows, maybe a carrier will pick this up at some point and subsidize it.
[via Engadget]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
