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Apple updates green website
Macworld has spotted a new page over on Apple's website highlighting their dedication to making their products as environmentally healthy as possible. We've seen this pitch from Apple within the past few years -- they've recently slimmed down their packaging and started using recyclable materials in making their computers. It's pretty interesting to see them making such a push on this issue, but then again it not only helps them sell computers (assuming they don't have to raise prices too high due to the new policies), but of course helps the culture and the Earth at large in terms of making sure our environmental footprints are as small as possible. The new site includes information about the impact of Apple's products both during manufacture and during usage, as well as reports on product performance, as well as a blog on what they're doing lately. They also have a link to their recycling program so that when you're done with whatever Apple products you're using, you can make sure that those recyclable products are actually recycled. Pretty good deal all around, and good for Apple to make it clear how committed they are to this issue and acting on it.
MacExpo Photo Gallery and Greenpeace goes after Apple's iWaste
If you're not one of the roughly 25,000 people in London for MacExpo this week,, you missed the Greenpeace "Green my Apple" booth being shut down by event organizers at the beginning of the Expo due to "complaints from unnamed sources." We think that might be marketing speak for "threats of bodily harm from Uncle Steve's distant cousin Vinny Knuckles Tony Soprano." The Greenpeace booth (and the accompanying parody site) was intended to raise awareness about concerns over Apple's use of toxic chemicals (um.. iWaste) in certain products as well as other environmental concerns. I guess shrinking a few boxes just doesn't cut it.And if you prefer visuals, MacNN has some nice MacExpo show floor porn that will make you swear you were actually there, sore feet, bag-o-swag and all. Check out their gallery.
Green Apple's AP3100 handheld
Assuming you can actually get your hands on one, Chinese-manufacturer Green Apple's AP3100 handheld here looks to be a potentially interesting little device, questionable design inspirations notwithstanding. Packing a 3.6-inch LCD and a 1.3 megapixel camera, the AP3100 will do all your basic PMP functions, handling MP3, WMA, and FLAC audio as well as AVI, DivX, and XviD video, with built-in storage clocking in at a bare-minimum 512MB (an SD slot's provided for expansion). Best of all, it appears that the device will play Super Nintendo games right out of the box -- hence the design -- although we have no idea where you're supposed to stick the cartridges (just kidding). Unfortunately, it's not clear what sort of OS is underpinning it all, so we'll just have to wait and see how much of a competitor to the GP2X it turns out to be.[Via Anything But iPod]
