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?

via phonescoop

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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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Left and right you always get news about eco-friendlier gadgets, cars or companies. Everyone is trying to find additional power supplies to mount on their products. Bun are those inventions also wallet friendly.

Urwerk’s UR-202 wristwatch is the first watch ever to be powered up by air. How does it work? In case you aren’t going to buy one and see for yourself here’s how. If you turn it over you’re going to find two turbines into the bezel controlled by a three-position switch. The turbines draw air from within the wateproof case and then the air gets into a compression chamber which powers the shock absorber of the main rotor’s winding mechanism. No batteries, and a longer mechanism life for this watch.

But how much is this eco-friendly device worth? It depends if you want it in red or white gold. A black platinum UR-202 comes to about $200,000. What do you think?

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The fact that Earth is dying slowly under our excessive exploitation is well known. Because of that everyone is trying to contribute the way they can to find alternative ways for getting all that necessary energy stuff for our daily complicated lives.

Credo is the first cell phones and related accessories manufacturer to develop eco friendly products. Not only have they come up with some interesting pieces of engineering but they have also donated more than $60 million - representing 1% off their overall revenue - to organizations fighting for Earth’s rights like Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, the Endangered Species Coalition and more.

And let’s see what these easy to use and easy to purchase daily commodities Credo offers:

• CREDO Iqua Solar Bluetooth headset. This is of course a Bluetooth with up to 200 standby hours. It can be connected to any kind of Bluetooth device and it gets it’s required power directly from the sun. Probably it will charge up on a rainy day too!
• CREDO Tread handset case. Buying this case made out of recycled tires means preventing cancer. Those tires usually get burned and the benzo(a)pyrene which gets in the air we breath is a dangerous cancer risk factor.
• CREDO Solio Charger. Charge your phone, your iPod and your digital cameras with this sun-power charger. It will prevent the release of large quantities of CO2, thus fighting the greenhouse effect.

These are all very affordable accessories that can be hooked to multiple phones. We all should be more interested in taking action against massive pollution and this can be our way of helping out.

Read more: CREDO Mobile Calls for Change with Eco-Friendly Accessories

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