Today Sprint announced the Reclaim from Sprint, a phone that was made with 80% recycled materials. The phone’s charger consumes 12 times less power than the Energy Star standard requires. The outer casing is made from 40% bio-plastics and the packaging materials are made form 70% recycled materials. The Reclaim is a slider with full [...]

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Today Samsung announced a solar-powered mobile phone called the E1107 Crest Solar. The E1107 is able to charge the battery via the sun, and can provide 5 to 10 minutes of talk time for every hour it charges. The entire back of the phone is covered the with the solar panel necessary to collect the [...]

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Today Sony Ericsson announced a new program that it hopes to use to reduce its CO2 emissions in its internal operations 20% by 2015, and reduce its entire CO2 emissions 15% by 2015. As part is this initiative, Sony Ericsson introduced two, new, greener phones. The C901 GreenHeart and Naite help accomplish this by using [...]

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Sony Ericsson are gearing up for another round of product announcements on 4th June. Hot on the heels of last week’s unveilingof Yari, Aino and Satio Sony Ericsson look set to show off handsets that incorporate environmentally friendly technologies. You may remember Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart prototype handset from last year (pictured below); it was an [...]

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Samsung announced the Blue Earth, an environmentally-minded phone made from recycled materials that can use solar power to charge the battery. The solar cells are built into the back of the phone. The Blue Earth, which was designed to resemble a pebble, has a touch screen and custom-made user interface for input. It can go [...]

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Motorola have announced one of their latest handsets - the W233 Renew. The Renew part of the phone’s name should give something away about it - the W233’s housing is the first to be made from plastics that have come from recycled water bottles. Not only that, but it’s the first Carbonfree certified mobile phone [...]

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If you’re looking to help the environment while enjoying portable music, look no farther than the Eco Media Player Revolution. Besides the better looks (now in piano black), the EMP Revolution has an improved screen for the new video-playing feature and the 3.5mm jack will sure be welcomed by fans of non-proprietary headphones. UI has [...]

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Ever get so pissed at your cell phone that you just want to chuck it into the trash? If Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart phone ever sees the light of day, you’ll be able to do it, and nature will take care of the rest. For now, the phone is a concept (aren’t they always?), but the [...]

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