Green Talk: Eco-Friendly Cell Phones

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 at 6:58 am

Okay, we know you’re doing your part to help out the planet: You’ve bought reusable shopping bags, ride your bike to work, and drink GIVE Love Water – what else could you possibly do? Ask your phone.

With the endless eco-friendly applications from a variety of smartphones, being green just got a little easier.

For The Droid, try out its ‘app’ LISTMAKER.  Blackberry is pulling in with an eco-friendly Battery Saver and a cool new GoGreen Theme. And the iPhone boasts  the Clear Standards Carbon Tracker and 3rdWhale—an app to find green businesses in your area, just to name a few.

And with technology growing every day, a completely green phone is just around the corner. Sharp and Japanese Network, KDDI, have developed a solar powered, waterproof cell phone made entirely of recycled plastic bottles. With only ten minutes of sunshine, a person can talk on the phone for a minute and have the phone on stand-by for a full two hours! Can’t get much better than that!

What are you favorite green apps? Please share!


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