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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.

Tree hugger’s Dream Mobile Phone: The Sony Ericsson Aspen

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:35:34 +0000

Wouldn’t it be nice if all businessmen would have a green phone? I mean, I’m not saying they carry a solar powered phone but something like the Sony Ericsson Aspen.

The Sony Ericsson Aspen has a Blackberry-like look, has a touchscreen (which is really popular these days) and the most important: it’s made from environmentally friendly materials and waterborne painting. There’s no manual, just an electronic one so a lot of trees are saved.

Best of all, it’s not a bad looking phone at all. There’s no word as to when the Sony Ericsson Aspen will be available state side.

Samsung E1107

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:46:00 +0000

It’s only a matter of time before solar mobile phones comes, what with the thousand of solar chargers out there. Anyways, The Samsung E1107 is Samsung’s first solar mobile phone. Charging the phone one hour under the sun will give you around 5-10 minutes of talk time, plus the Samsung E1107 also has FM radio, MP3 ringtones, flashlight, etc.

And unlike other expensive green gadgets, the Samsung E1107 is cheap, at only $59. Of course, it has yet to be put up for sale outside India, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.