Samsung Blue Earth eco-friendly mobile phone

October 14, 2009

Samsung has made a small step for the mobile market, but a giant one for the environment. At least, we hope so. Their latest mobile device, called Blue Earth, that was released at the Mobile World Congress technology event in Barcelona, is a phone that uses solar power to charge itself.

Resembling the shape of a shiny blue pebble, Blue Earth uses a small solar panel on the back to acquire power. It is a touchscreen phone made from recycled plastic water bottles, and features a special “Eco Mode” in which users can benefit from the most optimized use of energy from the device.

The phone requires around 10 to 14 hours for a full solar charge that will provide 4 hours of talk time, while it can also be charged through a conventional plug. The solar panel maximizes the power input in the phone.

The phone is also equipped with a built-in pedometer that can measure how much the carbon foortprint of the user is reduced when walking, instead of driving a car. Blue Earth does not include any polluting materials, such as Beryllium, Phthalte or Brominated Flame Retardants. Currently it is released in Sweden, and later on this year it will also appear in UK.

Here are a few tech specs, and you can watch the video preview below:

Size: 107 x 53 x 13.9 mm
Weight: 118.9 g
Display: Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors, 3.0 inches; Accelerometer sensor
Memory: Internal 180 MB, Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16 GB
Data: GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps, HSCSD, EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps, 3G 384 kbps, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB
Camera: Primary 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, Video QVGA @ 30fps
Features Geo-tagging

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