You may haven’t heard of Umeox Mobile before and I don’t blame you. It is a Shenzhen, China-based ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) which rarely sells its products in the Western hemisphere. The company has teamed up with Dutch company Intivation to launch a solar-powered Android smartphone called Umeox Apollo. As you can imagine — and…
Amazon Tribe Using Android Phones to Combat Deforestation
Google recently announced the Earth Engine, which is attempting to compile historical and real-time satellite imagery to paint a picture of deforestation and environmental damage around the world. As a part of the project, Google is training and equipping the Surui tribe in the Amazon rainforest so they can take pictures, video, and measurements of…
Entry-Level Motorola Citrus Coming to Verizon Tomorrow
As rumored, the Motorola Citrus is going live in Verizon stores tomorrow, which will go for $49.99 on a two-year contract after mail-in rebate. As the pricetag might suggest, the Citrus isn’t what you’d call an incredibly high-end phone: it runs Android 2.1,has a 3 megapixel camera, 3-inch QVGA touchscreen, Wi-Fi b/g, GPS, 3G over…
T-Mobile USA launches their first solar powered cell tower [100% renewable]
In a move that’s unheard of in the developed world, T-Mobile USA has launched their first solar powered cell tower in Chalfont, Pennsylvania. Details are scant, but what we do know is that it’s powered by 12 solar panels and is completely self sufficient. When network demand isn’t that strong it even feeds power back…
Will your next mobile phone be made out of cashew nut shells? [NEC thinks so]
Mobile phones today are primarily built out of plastic, with few exceptions such as the Apple iPhone and Nokia N8 which use exotic materials like glass, steel and aluminum, but what if you wanted to build something green? Japanese giant NEC says that they’ve developed a bio-plastic that’s 70% made out of a compound which…
Sony Ericsson Gets Official With Xperia X8, GreenHeart Cedar, and Walkman Yendo
We had heard about the X8 and Yendo (but not the Cedar), and today all three phones have been officially announced by Sony Ericsson. The Xperia X8 is in a size category somewhere between the diminutive X10 Mini and the considerably larger X10, but still running Android. The Yendo is a pretty snazzy-looking Walkman phone…
Kiwi Choice U-Powered Solar Charger Released (Impressions)
A local company called Kiwi Choice hooked me up with their first product, called the U-Powered Solar Charger, which I played with over the weekend and is available today for sale. It stores a 2000 mAh battery, allows for USB charging, includes every freakin’ adapter you could need, including iPhone, miniUSB, microUSB, and a variety…
T-Mobile introduces new USB charging options
T-Mobile has introduced a few new micro USB charging solution for mobile phones that can charge your phone from 20% to 50 % faster than others, all of which sport an extra USB port for charging an additional device . There are three options to choose from, a wall, car, and a 2-in-1 charger that…
Sprint Launches Eco-Friendly Samsung Restore, Due Summer
Following up on their previous green efforts, Sprint today announced the Samsung Restore, an eco-friendly phone that will be going for $49.99 on contract after rebates and will be available this summer in “midnight” and “limeade” colours. As you can see, it has a slide-out landscape QWERTY keyboard, and preloads for Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo!.…
Win a Free Eco-Friendly Naite Phone for Earth Week, Courtesy of Sony Ericsson Canada and IntoMobile
Hey, who likes free stuff? Yeah, that’s right, you do. And you like our planet right? That big ol’ rock whose atmosphere is the only thing protecting you from the dead, cold cosmos? Well, you might not know that it’s the middle of Earth Week, and we’re celebrating by giving away a Sony Ericsson Naite…