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(yes an atom is mobile, please respect my analogy)]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
from now on, the two are synonymous.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
Yeah im not in my cave atm.

That sucks, wanna play WoW?

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Ten bucks says that there's going to be an "eco" premium tacked onto the price when this thing launches.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 18th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
Why don't samsung put all the money they make off this gimick into proper sustainable development, instead of palming us off with a token solar phone?

How much environmental damage does a phone cause with all the charging in its lifetime?
Compared to the microwave masts that support it?

Sorry about the rant, this just winds me up, which is useful because i just bought a Samsung wind up laptop.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
Emerging markets, tree lovers, outdoorsy people, people who hate chargers, and people down south would love this phone. Its not very useful in the North, but I'm sure that down in Texas it would be nice to have.

If everyone plugs their phone in every night in the US, thats alot of phones and alot of energy. If you could leave it by the windowsill and let it catch 2-3hrs of sunlight, and then take it to work and catch some more, you'd have a phone without a need for a charger.

Power users could never really use it, but I can imagine it being useful to quite a few people....]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
Because their business is making electronics. This is how they can best invest in a 'proper sustainable' way of business. How many phones these days are using recycled plastics? Very few, while millions of phones are being used. That's alot of plastic.

It's kind of like when the cheap laptop for developing countries idea was started. Alot of naysayers were like "why don't they give them food instead of laptops, it's what they really need." But their business isn't food distribution, it's electronics. So yeah, they can't give them what they immediately need, but they can give them tools to help them in other aspects of life.

Having said that, I do agree with you that alot of this is gimmick. But hopefully it'll grow into something more than that, where all phones are using more sustainable materials.]]>Feb 12th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
Mike really? if your concern is not where your money goes, but the fact that money is exported to any and all foreign lands, maybe buying japanese really isnt the way.]]>Feb 13th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/"If the battery is low while you're driving, stick it on the wind-shield or the wipers."
"While in Vegas, spend more time out-doors and stick it on top of your hat. (Hat not part of this package)."
"When traveling to deserts, purposefully forget your charger and STICK IT to your friends! Bbwwaaahhahhahah."]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/It straps on the back and uses recycled mirrors to reflect the light into the panels from round your hand]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
... What? Not every post has to be some stupid reply about iPhones and internet memes.]]>Feb 12th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 13th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/
I had one of the first camera phones... actually, it was phone-sized camera that you took pictures with, and then attached to the phone. I left it in the car one day, with the lens pointed up ... after that, it required extreme light to take a picture at all (it gave a beep error if there wasn't enough light).
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Seriously, why go that direction with cellphones? Even in summer, who carries his/her cellphone in the hand? It's either indoors or in a pocket.]]>Feb 12th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/samsung-unveils-blue-earth-a-solar-powered-mobile-phone/Feb 12th 2009 5:40PM