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gadgetell.com - 8/18/2008

Samsung shows off new green phone

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Section: Communications , Cellphones , Mobile A lot of cell phones are thrown away every year (I know I’ve thrown out a few), and eventually end up in landfills, not decomposing like they should be, due to the plastic they are made of.  Well, that’s what’s happening now.  Samsung wants to change that, though.  Samsung has unveiled the E200 Eco, a more ...

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Samsung shows off new green phone
textually.org — Samsung has been working to come up with more environmentally-friendly phone designs, and at the Beijing Olympics it took the wraps off the new E200 Eco made from sustainable materials. The phone features a case made from corn-derived bio-plastic, and is packaged in a non-coated recycled paper box. The phone packs a 1.3 megapixel camera as well as MP3-play functionality. [gadgetell via Digital Trends] Related: -- Samsung Makes Mobile Phones Out of Corn -- NEC’s ECO corn-based phone -- ...