Eco Friendly Gadgets
by pyred.com on May.14, 2010, under Eco Gadgets
Best Eco Friendly Mobile Phones
Eco Friendly Gadgets
LG Solar Powered Mobile Phone
Mounted with solar powered battery on its back cover, ten minutes exposure to sunlight will give ten minutes talk time for this LG mobile phone. Understandably, more sunlight exposure to this gadget will give you more talk time. In the future, LG is planning to pack their Eco Friendly Gadgets in an environmentally friendly packaging, including using cardboard made from recycled paper which does not use laminate coating. As an addition, the company planning to remove chemicals such as Brominated Flame Retardants (BFR), Chlorinated Flame Retardants (CFR) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from their phone manufacturing process no later than 2010. The mobile phone is also compatible with solar car kit for HFB-500 Bluetooth hands-free device that will allow phone conversation during driving.
Samsung Blue Earth
Samsung has launched a remarkable Environmentally Friendly Gadget with fully installed solar panel on the back of their gadget that enabling power generating through sun exposure. Samsung Blue Earth is relatively small, and it is convenient to use. However, Samsung does not stop on solar powered battery. They are all out with this gadget. The plastic for the gadget’s body is made from recycled bottles, with no Brominated Flame Retardants, Beryllium or Phthalates used as a component for the materials. This Eco Gadget is equipped with various environmental features such as energy saving mode, CO2 calculator and a pedometer as well. The packaging is also made from recycled paper.
Motorola Renew W233
Motorola has registered great declining in their sales. Now they are attempting to return as one of the best among the mobile phones manufacturers using the eco friendly issue. The Motorola Company intended to demonstrate their concern to ecological issue by launching the world’s first carbon free mobile phone. Currently, Motorola’s Renew W233is the only mobile phone with carbon free certification in the market, with 100 percent recyclable phone casing created from recycled bottles as its main feature. The packaging also use less material, 22 percent less than standard packaging, with soy based ink and recycled paper used to print the user’s manual. Prepaid envelope is also included in the starter pack, as an extra value to the company’s campaign regarding ecological issue. When this gadget achieved the end of its lifespan, customer will only need to send back the gadget to the manufacturer using the envelope. The manufacturer will do recycling for them.
Sony Ericsson C901 and Sony Ericsson J105 Naite
Leading manufacturer is not left behind to produce Eco Gadgets issue. Sony Ericsson launched two incredible mobile phones, the Sony Ericsson C901 and Sony Ericsson J105 Naite Cybershot. The green features from both of these mobile phone series are reduced packaging, energy saving chargers and 100 percent recycled materials used for the handset. User’s manual is integrated with the gadget, eliminating the paper usage, therefore reducing approximately 15 percent carbon footprint from the gadget.