It was back in July when we first saw the Motorola A45 Murano. Now it has been officially announced in Brazil as MOTOCUBO A45. The name makes perfect sense considering the device look and feel – it is kinda ugly, to be fair. Still, it offers the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and is hence ideal…
Eco-Friendly Samsung Reclaim Coming to Bell in Mid-September
Sometime in mid-September, Bell is now rumored to be launching the eco-friendly Samsung Reclaim. The Reclaim is made from corn-based bio-plastic materials, and when you’re done with it, the thing is 80% recyclable. Surely the Reclaim will be on the shopping-list of any environmentally conscious mobile junkie. The Reclaim features a 2.4″ 320×240 display, a…
Flexible Leaf Concept Phone Wearable and Solar-Charged
Fresh from the wacky world of concept phones is the Leaf, by Seungkyn Woo and Junyi Heo. By incorporating a layer of flexible solar cells underneath an outer, porous layer, the Leaf would in theory charge while you wear it. Now, the phone is keeping things basic with only text and phone functions available, but…
iPhone Evo Concept Rocks Solar Power in a Big Way
In a new iPhone concept that caught my eye this morning, designer Amy Lam from Vancouver has gone ‘green’ in a big way. The device would feature solar power as an optional power source, a 7MP camera, an ‘iStylus’ to help with writing and much more. Personally, I thought the stylus went out of favor…
Sprint Announces Green Samsung Reclaim
As expected, Sprint and Samsung went live with their eco-friendly Reclaim handset in New York today. It’s a simple portrait-slider with a full QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, GPS, and social networking apps preloaded. The main selling points for the greenbeans out there will be that this phone is PVC and BFR-free, and that 40%…
ZTE Coral 200FM hits the FCC: First solar phone to come to America?
ZTE, the Chinese handset maker who makes devices for operators world wide and has a nice chunk of market share in China, has submitted the Coral 200FM to the FCC for approval. It’s a budget device, specs are unknown, but the thing that stands out is the solar panel on the back. We heard about…
T-Mobile Green Perks Offers Mobile Coupons to Eco-Friendly Stores
T-Mobile U.S. just announced a cool new program that doles out coupons to ecologically-friendly shops via a mobile application called Green Perks. Some of their launch partners include Method, Jamba Juice, Volcom, Roxy and Quiksilver, with more doubtlessly on the way. Anyone with a data plan is eligible to download the app, although for the…
Samsung’s eco-minded Blue Earth gets handled
While the rest of the world turns their attention to Apple and their just-released iPhone OS 3.0 and upcoming iPhone 3G S launch, it looks like Samsung’s been busy showing off their Earth-friendly Samsung Blue Earth handset. CNET got a chance to put hands on the Samsung Blue Earth at the CommunicAsia conference in Singapore,…
Samsung Intros Solar-Powered E1107 Guru
Samsung’s most prominent move into solar-power cell phones to date has been Blue Earth, but it looks like they’ve decided to ship another handset first: the E1107 Guru. Samsung India will be selling the E1107 for Rs 2799, primarily targeting rural areas with spotty electricity service. Five to ten minutes of talk time can be…
UK: Envirofone: service review
So I get through quite a few mobiles each year, doing the job that I do. Sometimes I give them to friends, other times they lay dormant in my drawer – but more recently I’ve been persuaded that perhaps recycling them is a better idea – particularly if there is a financial reward involved! In…