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03-31-2009, 01:29 AM
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Friends: 37 |  Green Cell Phone Blue Earth solar self-charging touch screen cell phone. It's made with recycled water bottles and can maintain it's own charge via a PV on the back. Samsung Mobile World Congress 2009 Blue Earth - World's First Solar-Powered Touch Screen Cell Phone - AOL Mobile Blog   * Solar Panel on the back of the phone * Eco- friendly phone made from recycled plastic extracted from water bottles * Free from harmful substances such as Brominated Flame Retardant, Beryllium and Phthalate * Eco-UI: Eco-mode / Eco-calendar / Eco-walk * 5 star energy efficient charger which uses standby power lower than 0.03W * Small and light package made from recycled paper
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03-31-2009, 08:45 AM
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Friends: 10 | Re: Green Cell Phone Interesting idea. Now you need a hat with a holder so that your phone can get sun, except that would put the cellphone next to your head all of the time. I applaud the concept, even if some of the details are dubious. From a functional standpoint, it would be nice to have solar charging for camping and boating, but I think it would be difficult to get sun on the PV panel, since phones get tucked away. Tom |
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03-31-2009, 09:33 AM
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Friends: 1 | Re: Green Cell Phone Cool idea. Should work fine if you're like me and use the phone on the way to- and coming home from- work. Obviously it wouldn't keep the charge while in a call but if there's enough sunlight between calls, it should work. |
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03-31-2009, 11:06 AM
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Friends: 37 | Re: Green Cell Phone I think one would clearly need to get into the habit of laying the phone down face-down. And I, too, would like to see a feature list. I suspect it may not have BlueTooth since that takes so much energy. |
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03-31-2009, 11:32 AM
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Friends: 10 | Re: Green Cell Phone well that would be cool, except i use BT nearly all the time, so unless im in my car, i always have it in my pocket (saves me from leaving it somewhere...something that i did have to contend with more than a few times!!) |
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03-31-2009, 03:03 PM
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Friends: 1 | Re: Green Cell Phone Bluetooth likely will be included since that is a very popular feature these days. Sure, BT will suck the battery down faster, but then again, if you're a chronic phone user, the solar cells aren't going to help you much anyway. |
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03-31-2009, 03:15 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Green Cell Phone Very cool. I'll be watching for this to come out. Samsung is also coming out with a greener hi-def tv this year. They claim it uses up to 40% less energy than a hi-def lcd or plasma. Lcds and plasmas are energy hogs. |
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04-01-2009, 12:56 PM
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Friends: 12 | Re: Green Cell Phone Too bad it wasn't powered by methane. I do know that when I make my "special recipe" chili, I could easily power my entire house just on my gas production I'm pretty sure if my "special recipe" chili concoction fell into the hands of terrorists, our way of life would be over |
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04-01-2009, 07:07 PM
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Friends: 12 | Re: Green Cell Phone I suppose the current crop of LCD tv's are energy hogs, compared to proposed developments. I just like not having to lug around what is - in essence - a giant vacuum tube |
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