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Samsung Blue Earth Phone will make environmentalists happy
Tech Ticker —
... software features add to its environment friendly tag. The phone can be used in ‘eco mode’ which adjusts the screen brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth to energy efficient settings and there’s an app called ‘eco-walk’ that counts the number of steps and shows how much trees the user has saved.
Blue Earth will be at MWC and we are pretty excited to see how this phone turns out to be. As for the launch, it will come in second half of 2009.
[Via Pocket-lint]
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Samsung unveils Blue Earth, a solar-powered mobile phone
Engadget —
... Samsung's Blue Earth handset might just be taking the green thing to a whole new extreme. Made from PCM, a recycled plastic from water bottles, the phone boast an "eco" mode for efficiently adjusting screen brightness, backlight duration and Bluetooth ...
Samsung Blue Earth Phone: Solar Powered and Made from Water Bottes [Cellphones]
Gizmodo —
... Bluetooth.) Even if solar power isn't your thing (you Hummer driving, baby suffocating, evil doer), most of the phone is constructed from PCM, a plastic extracted from recycled water bottles. And there's a built-in pedometer that tells you how many trees you are saving by walking instead of driving (that part may sound made up but it is not). We have no more specifics at this time, but the Blue Earth should be available in the UK during the second half of '09. [Pocket-lint]
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Samsung is Releasing an Environmentally Friendly Phone that Actually Matters
The Gadgets Weblog —
... charging. The phone also has a pedometer mode that will encourage you to walk, and while you are walking it will compute your CO2 emissions that you are saving. Now, I am not exactly a tree-hugger, but I am into saving money on my electricity bill, and if I am looking for a product, I will choose the one that is more environmentally friendly - if it is just as good. The Samsung Blue Earth Phone looks to be like a contender in my book. Look for it during the last half of 2009. Via Pocket-lint
Samsung Blue Earth solar cell phone, saving the planet one call at a time
DVICE Atom Feed —
... with just that neato solar panel. The company's gone all-out with its greenatude, making the phone out of recycled plastic, adding a energy efficient charger for those cloudy days or homebody phone talkers, and even stuffing it all into recycled packaging.
Looks for the Samsung Blue Earth sometime in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, see if you can find a pair of pants with pockets that somehow let the sun shine onto a cell phone nestled within.
Ubergizmo, via Pocket Lint
Samsung's solar powered eco-phone
Boing Boing Gadgets —
Samsung's solar-powered telephone anticipates an age when our talking machines are no longer coal-fired. That age will be upon us surprisingly soon, too: this very real gadget will be offered in England and her remaining colonies later this year.
Blue Earth, it's called.
Samsung Blue Earth Eco phone with Solar power
Phones Review —
... with built in pedometer so you know how much CO2 you’ve managed to save by opting to walk, Bluetooth can be adjusted via the “eco” mode as well.
The Solar panel apparently can charge the Samsung Blue Earth enough to make a call whenever the sun shows, while Samsung reckon the Blue Earth’s form factor “symbolizes a flat and well rounded shiny pebble”. Apparently the Blue Earth will be in the UK in the 2nd half of 09 but no word on price yet.
Source – pocket-lint
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Samsung intros the solar-powered Blue Earth mobile phone
Gadgetell —
... what eco-friendly phone would be complete without proper packaging, the Blue Earth is made from PCM (a recycled plastic) that is made from old water bottles and will ship in recycled packaging?
As for availability, it is expected to hit the UK market during the second half of 2009. It seems that the Blue Earth is going to see a very limited release, hopefully we will see it spread to other areas as well. The pricing information is still unknown.
Via [Pocket-Lint]
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Samsung’s green Blue Earth handset
Krunker —
... bottles with no harmful substances
An “eco-mode” designed to reduce power consumption (such as lowering backlight and turning off Bluetooth)
A new “eco-walk” application which encourages people to walk by showing how much they’ve reduced the CO2 emissions by doing so (instead of say.. driving)
Packaging made out of recyclable paper
No word on specs or pricing but expect the phone in the second half of this year.
Via DVICE.com, Ubergizmo.com.
Here’s the original French Press Release: ...
samsung’s blue earth phone hopes that your pockets let the sun shine in
technabob —
... Winner gets a Hummer” . Maybe not. Other features of the Blue Earth include the phones’ shell which is made out of recycled plastic, and an “eco-mode” or low-power consumption mode.
I’m pretty sure that the phone will also have a charger like all other phones, unless Samsung expects us to put the phone on top of our heads or have it face down on our palms while we’re walking around, aiming for the top score on eco walk.
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Green Energy In Samsung Blue Earth Solar Phone
High Tech Lounge —
... not too many of the sun’s rays will be able to penetrate your backpack or pocket. It’s also very notable that the Samsung Blue Earth has been constructed from recycled plastic. The PCM is extracted from water bottles. The phone can be set in “Eco Mode” too to lower the screen brightness, reduce the backlight duration, and shut off the Bluetooth. Look for the Samsung Blue Earth to hit the UK in the second half of this year. Green Energy In Samsung Blue Earth Solar Phone Source: pocket-lint.co.uk
