Back in June we were met with a leaked screen shot suggesting that Samsung’s Reclaim would be coming to Sprint at some point in the future. Today, however, Samsung has come forth to announce that the Reclaim is now available on Sprint for $49.99 after a 2-year contract and mail-in rebates.

The main selling point of the phone is the fact that it is 80% recyclable but it’s slide out QWERTY keyboard, 2.3″ display, microSD slot and 2MP camera make it a worthy competitor to similary priced phones.

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Naite candybar phone is reasonably priced 3G device that is a part of the company’s new GreenHeart allegiance. The phone has basic e-mail and texting ability and even has support for video phone calls. The Naite, pronounced “nigh-tee,” sports a 2 megapixel camera with photo uploading capability, and also comes with many of Sony Ericsson’s advanced media player features. Users can surf the web with and take calls on a hands-free Bluetooth headset, too. These GreenHeart products do away with hazardous chemicals in production, reduce paper consumption and use smaller packaging. They also come with 5 star energy efficient chargers.

The Naite includes an Ecomate application, which helps its users make greener choices, as well as a Carbon Footprint calculator to see how much CO2 is being used each day. There will be a big campaign for the Sony Ericsson Naite in Latin America, Asia and Europe in the third quarter, as the company anticipates it will become one of its top sellers. It is expected to go on sale in Q3 of 2009.

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The Sony Ericsson C901a GreenHeart is an eco-friendly phone formed from a minimum of 50% recycled plastics as well as an optimized display light sensor that uses less energy. The ocean white handset is colored with waterborne paint with low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). The included MH300 GreenHeart headset is constructed of 100% recycled plastics. Some of the other green features include an electronic in-phone manual instead of a paper booklet, smaller packaging that lessens transport related CO2 emissions by over 80 percent while the charger is low-power usage. The WalkMate application lets users count the steps they take compared with the same journey traveled by car.

The integrated 5.0-megapixel digital camera with Xenon flash takes sharp high-resolution photos and includes face detection, while smile shutter takes the photo when they smile. BestPic gives the user nine chances to capture the precise moment by taking four additional images as the button is pressed, and another four afterwards while the photo fix improves pictures by adjusting contrast, light and brightness for the best possible picture. The Sony Ericsson C901 Green Heart is able to support GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSPA 900/2100. It has phone memory of up to 120MB and talk time for GSM / GPRS is up to 9 and half hours while stand by time for GSM / GPRS is up to 430 hours. This is a great example of sustainable design.

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Despite not doing that great lately, Sony Ericsson has new phones for us. The company has announced the C901 GreenHeart and the Naite.

Both the Naite and the C901 GreenHeart have lots of eco-friendly features like recycled plastic components, waterborne paint and eco-friendly packaging, the EP900 GreenHeart charger and the MH300 GreenHeart headset. When it comes to the actual phone features, the C901 comes with a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 5 megapixel camera with xenon flash, 900/2100MHz HSPA connectivity and microSD support. The Naite comes with quad-band EDGE device, 2100MHz HSPA connectivity, a 2 megapixel camera, a 2.2-inch QVGA display and 100MB of internal memory.

We have no idea about pricing yet but we should get more details soon as the C901 sometime in Q2 while the Naite is coming in Q3.

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Have you turned off the light the other day? Will we have enough energy in the future to afford turning off lights whenever we want to? What if we could power devices around us with simple energy source like the flowing of the blood or the beating of our own hearts? Wouldn’t that be eco-friendly?

According to researchers working on piezoelectric nanowires your own blood could be use to power up small devices like iPods. They have discovered how to use zinc oxide nanowires to generate electricity when subjected to mechanical stress. The nano things would be implanted right under your skin and then the rest should be fairly easy. The technology doesn’t have a date yet so in the mean time keep those regular chargers around.

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Now here is good news for all the eco-friendly people out there and all those who keep forgetting to buy batteries for your alarm clock. This small little alarm clock works on water! There are no batteries, no wires no trickery behind it! You just have to make sure that it’s got enough water. The electrochemical reaction of those pretty electrodes in the water will take care of the rest for you.The water-powered alarm clock cost only around $30 if you’re interested in it.

I know what you’re thinking, could we see our phones powered by water in the near future? We’d certainly love to see such a handset concept.

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Samsung isn’t the only one thinking eco friendly thoughts when it comes to its future cell phones. LG is also prepared to launch eco friendly phones at the MWC 2009. A phone capable to charge directly from the sun and coming in green packaging is expected to arrive in Barcelona. The solar battery will get you 3 minutes of talk time for every 10 minutes of sun love, so I guess you’ll have to avoid talking on the phone on the rainy days. Will we see more than one device? LG also says that its manuals are going to be printed on recycled paper with ink made out of soy. We have no idea when the phone is going to arrive but it’s expected this year for an undisclosed price.

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Samsung has been spamming everyone with new phones lately and most of them will probably be available at MWC. Here we have a new handset, but this one is a very eco-friendly phone. The Blue Earth phone is made by PCM a material derived from recycled plastic water bottles. The phone comes also with an economy mode planned to increase its efficiency. The Blue Earth knows how to adjust screen brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth usage. It also has an interesting application which you might not use that much. A built-in pedometer will tell you how much CO2 emission you have saved by walking instead of driving. The solar panel on the back will charge your phone enough to make a phone call anytime you’re in the sun.

Samsung does have a phone made out of corn but Blue Earth is a much better eco-friendly phone. We have no idea how much it will cost or what it has inside but we know it’s coming some time in the second half of the year.

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The Nokia N79 comes now in an eco-friendly form. This is another green initiative coming from the Finnish company. The Nokia N79 Eco will ship to you without a charger. You will still pay the same price but £4 will go to WWF since there’s no charger in the box. The box of the N79 Eco is smaller which means you’ll also save on energy and waste.

Where will you get a charger from? Well you do have an old Nokia phone right? Or you can always buy an extra one from any shop. The N79 Eco is currently available in the UK but be sure to check with your local Nokia representative to see if it’s available in your country too.

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That cup in near the laptop there isn’t a fancy storage solution for your coffee. It is however a smart choice for your files that need to be carried around at all time. You finally got it then! It’s an external hard drive concept. The best thing about it however is neither the innovative shape nor the actual storage space it may offer! The Tempo external hard drive is recyclable. Whenever you find yourself ready to throw the hard drive away, someone will recycle it for you. How about that for eco-friendliness?

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Talk about eco-friendly phones and you will end up with a phone similar to the one in the picture here. The Natural Year Phone is made of hay and the components will get recycled with the hay. In a couple of years you will have to replace it with a new one. There’s no screen there so I guess you’ll have to trade in all those videos and Internet browsing for a safer-for-the-planet cell phone. To tell you the truth I don’t see myself calling you from the hay but the concept is pretty interesting.

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Let’s do something for the environment! That’s something the top five handset makers are going to do. They have just launched a ”how to save energy while charging your phone” plan, by creating a common energy rating system which will allow you to choose the right kind of charger for you.

The new rating system will offer chargers with ranges from zero stars referring to the most energy consuming charger up to five stars for the ”greenest” ones. So you’ll be able to replace your common Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and LG chargers with the charger you want.

This way we’ll all be able to charge our handsets and do something for Mother Earth, all at the same time! What more can you ask for?

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Sony Ericsson has a GreenHeart concept phone which hasn’t entered production yet, and it might not be massively produced any time soon. The concept phone is meant to prove that a phone is environmentally sustainable through its life cycle.

The GreenHeart will sport some of the various features:

• bio-plastic housings
• recycled plastic keypads
• a zero charger with 3.5mW standby power
• HTML based e-manuals instead of traditional printed ones
• environmentally conscious packaging.

Sony Ericsson is on their way of creating a better eco-friendly, biodegradable phone. Hopefully they will be able to actually launch one for the general public.
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Manufacturers are trying to get more environement friendly gadgets. We’ve seen phones made of wood, corn or recycled parts. We’ve seen a bamboo case for a mini desktop PC. It’s time we found an USB eco-friendly drive to go with all that. (more…)

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Remember how we were talking about a future corn-made cell phone from Samsung? Well it appears we are already in the future as Samsung has the corn cell phone ready. We are looking at a fairly limited handset here. The E200 Eco has a 1.3 megapixel camera and some MP3 player functions and of course a case made of corn. Don’t eat it now!

There’s no word on pricing or availability yet but it’s said that the E200 will be available in Europe sometime next month.

via Engadet

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Surprisingly Siemens can still manufacture phones and while they won’t be taking a huge share of the market they will launch a handset or two from time to time. And it’s time they went eco-friendly too. Their Gigaset Eco Visions Leaf and Solar phones will be made from recycled materials while the Sun’s energy will get them the juice they need to properly function. No details on availability and pricing but when they do hit the market, you’ll be among the first to know.

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Well here we are talking about iPhones and Omnias and all sorts of Motorola when this Mapple Phone slides in. It’s a totally eco-friendly concept right here. The phone is made out of thin wooden film which has backlighting and touch sensitive buttons. It was time someone built something like this.

The Mapple phone is a slider phone, only that the whole sliding is a little different. When you do slide it an LCD appears. That’s rather weird as usually the keys are hidden.

We’re probably looking at an entry level Mapple phone here but I am sure the day will come when smartphones will be similarly built.

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We’ve been showing you lots of eco friendly devices over time as more and more companies are trying to get their R&D departments to come up with eco friendlier products. We’ve seen the future corn made cell phone from Samsung and the trash made cell phone from Nokia. In the mean time Greenpeace has come up with the ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ ranking where Sony and Sony Ericsson are top of the class. Somewhere in the middle we’ve spotted Apple and waaaay at the end there’s Nintendo.

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I always like to check out an eco-friendly device once in a while. If last week we were making fun of popcorn made with cell phones, today we’re telling you how Samsung is going to make a phone out of corn. How’s that for an interesting idea?
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Samsung has released two new eco-friendly phones during the World IT Show in Korea, the W510 and the F268. The SCH-W510 is called the Bio Cover Phone as it uses bioplastic material made from cornstarch and is manufactured using an environmentally-friendly metal finishing process while the SGH-F268 has no brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that can be harmful to people and will be offered with eco-friendly accessories such as a headset and a charger.

Unlike most of the phones on the market, the W510 does not contain elements like Mercury, Lead or Cadmium. The features of W510 were not unveiled yet, but we can see a photo camera with flash, a pretty wide display and mobile TV capabilities, hence it’s most probably a mid-end device.

Samsung F268 comes with a special alarm that allows users to know exactly when the battery of the phone is fully charged and can be plugged out. In terms of features, the new F268 is a tri-band GSM handset with a 2.1 inch TFT display (262K colors and 240 x 320 pixels), a 2 Megapixel camera with video, Media player (supporting MP3, AAC, WMA, MPEG4 and 3GP), FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, WAP browser, USB and microSD card support.

The W510 is expected to be available in the end of this month and the F268 will see a launch in China this month - no word on a UK launch just yet.

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