Tag: Cell Phones - Page 10
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Android Phone Users May Get to be Part of the Solar Power Party Too
Cell phones powered by renewable energy sources seem to be a buzz topic lately. And solar cells on mobile devices are the energy source of choice, it seems. Back in February, ZTE showed off the first affordable cell phone
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San Francisco Launches iPhone Recycling App to Help Citizens Avoid Fines (Video)
Back in May we talked about Earth 911's iPhone app that helps make local recycling really easy. Then last week we talked about San Francisco cracking down on recycling, and even implementing fines for improper composting or recycling. For those
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Renewably-Powered Cell Phones are Cool, But Realistic?
Samsung Crest Solar phone; image via Unwired View
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New GreenHeart Phones Ditch Manual! ...That's It??
Sony Ericsson has announced a new version of two GreenHeart mobile phones. But the green upgrades are some of the most mundane "improvements" we could have dreamed up. We were somewhat enamored with the GreenHeart when the
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Gotwind and Orange Launch Human Powered Mobile Phone Charger
The Glastonbury Music Festival will have something new from Gotwind and Orange this year. In the past they've set up cool solar and wind charging stations for mobile phones. But this time, charging up will be thanks to human power.
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UK's Green Party Wants to Save Energy By Consolidating Cell Phone Networks
The UK's Green Party is taking a hard look at mobile phone networks and says that unnecessary duplication of coverage is an energy waster. If the UK wants to save as much as 300 gigawatt hours a year, rival companies that
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Greenpeace App Solves Your Paper Purchasing Woes
Image via Greenpeace
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Ericsson Reducing Carbon Footprint by 40% per Subscriber
Ericsson has set a pretty great goal for itself. It wants to reduce its carbon footprint by 40% per subscriber within the next few years. Last year the company performed life-cycle analyses on its mobile and fixed broadband networks
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Future iPhone App to Make You a Citizen Scientist Without Trying
So what if you could become a citizen scientist simply by using your iPhone? Scientists are working on an app that would let users simply snap photos of a plant's leaves and automatically upload the information to a
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Cricket Gives Out Free Shipping Labels for Easy Phone Recycling
Cricket, a wireless voice and broadband Internet service provider, points to the fact that Americans toss about 130 million cell phones a year, totaling about 65,000 tons of waste annually, and yet only about 5% of that is recycled. So they're hoping to
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Another Cell Phone Goes Solar
Another cell phone is getting a solar panel slapped on its surface, showing that going solar is juuuust starting to become all the rage among mobile phone makers. At least in a limited way. AU (KDDI) and Sharp are presenting a
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Mobile App Takes Coupon Clipping Paperless...Sort of
Clipping coupons is an appealing idea when you're trying to save money, but what if you're also trying to be green and avoid using paper? If you've skipped getting the newspaper or signed on to the no-junk-mail list, then you might miss out on quite a
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Kyocera Dreams Up Flexible Cell Phone Charged By Kinetic Energy
A cell phone that is flexible, folds up in thirds, with nano-scale piezoelectric generators throughout to take the movements of a person using it and translating it into a full battery charge. Hummm...a dream? Maybe, but
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Nokia Is Serious about Avoiding Conflict Minerals
Unlike a lot of major computer and gadget companies, Nokia tends to keep mum about the environmental work they do, out of a culture of modesty. A lot of good things the company is doing can slip past the radar, including its stance on
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EPA Announces Week-Long Cell Phone Recycling Drive
The month of April is usually a good month for recycling since Earth Day sparks some action around saving the planet. The EPA has caught the bug too, and has announced a big cell phone recycling drive in conjunction with
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Old Cell Phones Mean New Trees with Telenor
Nordic cell provider Telenor is reconciling some disappointing statistics about unused cell phones by starting up a cool trade-in deal that promotes reforestation in Asia. According to Telenor's calculations at least
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Trend, or Trendy Greenwash? Orange Paying French Customers to Keep Using Old Cell Phones
Average cell phone lifetime: between 14 and 18 months. Main reason for getting a new phone (in addition to iPhone lust) is: having a new phone foisted upon you by your cellular provider for a ridiculously low monthly fee. That's why it's a brilliant
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The Blackboard Blogger of Liberia
The "Daily News" is a blackboard on a major road in Monrovia, Liberia which is run by a fellow named Alfred Sirleaf. Everyday, he writes out the news in neat letters for those who can't afford newspapers, radio, or a generator
