In 2009, Samsung introduced its new cellular phone model called the Samsung Blue Earth. It is a touch-screen phone packed with the usual features of Samsung cellular phones but with eco-friendly features. With just one click, the user will know how much pollution he may have contributed and how many trees were saved by using [...]

It’s not the antenna this time – it’s the battery. According to numerous (thousands) complaints at the Apple Support Communities forums, iPhone 4S users are claiming battery drainage at rates that range from 1%every 3-4 minutes to 10% overnight on standby. Light usage has users claiming their batteries drain at about 12 to 35% every [...]

Virgin Mobile announced that they are releasing an eco-friendly cell phone. Called the Samsung Restore, it is made from over 80% recyclable materials. Restore’s casing includes post-consumer recycled plastic and 83 percent of the phone is recyclable. Samsung Restore is a full-feature messaging phone, offering a slide-out full QWERTY, 4-row keyboard, 2.0 MP camera and [...]

Eco-friendly and special versions of the Nokia C7 and the Nokia N8 have been announced. These new eco-friendly Nokia Symbian handsets will not look different and will come with an eco apps folder which will contain green content such as games and other third party applications. The eco-friendly Nokia phone versions will also come in [...]

Created by London designer Patrick Hyland, the Nokia E-Cu concept handset has a thermogenerator built in so that it can convert heat into energy. The copper outer layer, which is designed to look like dry, cracked earth, has engraved heatsinks which draw body heat energy to convert into charge. Hyland worked the design up based [...]

Motorola has recently announced that its eco-friendly Grasp will be offered by U.S. Cellular. The Motorola Grasp is a messaging phone with a full QWERTY keyboard and features threaded messaging, e-mail, an MP3 player, an optical trackpad, a 3.5 mm headset jack, Bluetooth, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and a MicroSD card slot that can take up [...]

Motorola released the Grasp smartphone this week. The Grasp has a full QWERTY keyboard, a 1.3-megapixel camera, an MP3 player, a 3.5mm headset jack, messaging features, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, and a microSD card slot. It also claims to boast an eco-friendly design, which Motorola promises is 100 percent recyclable. “GRASP is the newest device from [...]

Sony Ericsson recently announced the new Cedar at CommunicAsia. It’s a cleanly designed phone that claims to give 3G connectivity at an undisclosed “affordable price”. With Cedar, users will be able to delve into social networking site anywhere with tri-band 3G support and Widget Manager 2.0 that gives quick access to these sites. Furthermore, the [...]

Gray Powell is the unfortunate Apple Software Engineer who left his iPhone 4G device at a bar in Redwood City, and Gizmodo apparently paid someone 5000 dollars for it. Gizmodo held on to the mystery device before publishing an article that detailed their finders keepers prototype. Apple wants it back. Gizmodo gave a detailed report [...]

Sony Ericsson’s newest eco-friendly cellphone, the GreenHeart labeled Naite, has shown up on the Sony Style website with its pricing and other details. This 3G Sony Ericsson Naite phone is priced at $159 in U.S. The Naite, being an eco-friendly phone, comes equipped with a plastic housing that is 50% post-consumer recycled. The charger is [...]