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HTC Desire vs. HTC Legend: which is more earth friendly?

admin — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:50:23 +0000

Granted that both devices are no Samsung Reclaim in terms of their environmentally friendliness but just between these two, which ones do you think will have less impact to the environment? The HTC Desire is made up of high quality plastic materials, or so some reviews claim while the HTC Legend is the first phone to make use of an aluminum unibody.

If you’re trying to go green, as with any other materials, aluminum (or any other metal) is better than plastic. On the onset, making plastic takes less energy as compared to aluminum but if we’re going to take a look at the long term impact, recylcing metal such as aluminum takes less energy compared with plastic. Plastic products also can only be recycled in a limited number of times while metals can be recycled without any degradation to the materials.

Of course, specs-wise, the HTC Legend is a bit inferior to the Desire and it seems that the Legend is matching the price of the HTC Desire in some countries. There’s no word yet as to the availability date of the HTC Desire and Legend in the US but in the UK, the Desire is already being shipped by T-Mobile. HTC desire deals in the UK are available in all networks while the Legend will be exclusive to Vodafone and will be available starting April 2 so don’t expect to find HTC Legend mobile phone with free gifts in other UK wireless carriers.

LG Arena a Green Phone according to EISA?

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:17:11 +0000

So I’ve recently talked about a green mobile phone like the Samsung Reclaim, right? So I thought that this was a REALLY green phone considering that its made of almost all recycled materials. Apparently, EISA thinks that the greenest phone out there is the LG Arena.

Now I’ve heard of the LG Arena and I don’t think there’s any mention about the phone being made from recycled materials or if its solar powered or any of the green stuff but EISA has given it their stamp of approval. Okay, so maybe the Samsung Reclaim can’t enter because it’s not yet released but didn’t Motorola have a phone that’s made of recycled water bottles? Now that has to count for something.

Oh well, I better get a look at this LG Arena and see if it truly fits the “green” bill.

Samsung Reclaim

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:04:58 +0000

Now this is what I’m talking about: Earth friendly consumer electronics. Thanks to Samsung and Sprint, I think we now have the most earth friendly mobile phone in the form of the Samsung Reclaim. The Samsung Reclaim is made up of 80% recycled materials which are PVC and BFR free. The packaging is also made up of 70% recycled materials and soy-based ink is used in printing the packaging.

The tip of the organic icing? $2 of the profit will go to the Nature Conservancy’s Adopt an Acre Program. The Samsung Reclaim is also a beautiful piece of mobile phon with a slider mechanism and QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, microSD slot, and come with Sprint navigation.

The Samsung Reclaim is another green gadget you can add to your earth-friendly gadgets.

via: Cellphone-Reviews

EcoView Monitor

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:52:52 +0000

If you feel that your 20 inch LCD Monitor is just taking too much power, well the EcoView Monitor might be the answer if you’re searching for more eco-friendly monitors. The EcoView Monitor has motion detectors which can sense if you’re in front of the screen or if you’re away. If you leave your front monitor for around 40 seconds, it goes into sleep mode but automatically resumes when you come back. The EcoView Monitors also has TCO Displays 5.0 Certification and EPEAT Gold Certification.

Other energy saving features include an ambient light sensor that adjusts the monitor’s brightness according to the brightness of the room, an Auto EcoView which uses 42 percent less power and a zero watt power consumption when the monitor is turned off.