If you have a solar powered home, solar cooking machine, solar watch, solar charger for your devices and you're thinking about buying a solar car, then this solar mobile phone is for you. The new Samsung Blue Earth is the first solar smartphone in the mobile industry.
Smart and Stylish Move
With all the environmental problems the world is facing, anyone can now be a part of the solution by using environment friendly products that are available in the market. The well-known Korean company takes the lead in raising environmental awareness by producing this incredibly smart solar powered phone that would be perfect for everyone's needs.
Armed with a solar panel on the back, the phone can go anywhere with you when you go for camping and other out of town trips. The sleek and stylish design can match your executive or casual look. At a cut of 107 x 53 x 13.9 mm, this phone is a little heavy with the weight of 118.9 grams.
The phone has different shades of blue with a glossy that gives a relaxing and comfortable feel to its users. The common touch screen display has a pixel size of 240 x 400 which displays 256,000 colors makes images lively and pleasing to the eyes. You can find the solar panel at the back of phone which adds a classy look to it. The phone is handy but is not easy to hold because of the slippery feel of the solar panel.
Phone Functions
Samsung Blue Earth is a basic smartphone that doesn't have high powered hardware that other smartphones have. This phone only matches the personality of simple Earth loving people. Integrated to the mobile phone is a 180MB read only memory (ROM) and an additional 16GB memory that can be accessed with a MicroSD card. You can stay connected with friends, family and co-workers with GSM, GPRS, EDGE, A-GPS, HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, and USB connectivity tools.
You can easily send information through text and multimedia messages, email, social website updates and calls anytime too. The phone has tools for time management such as the alarms, calendar, memo and to-do list to help keep you on track and increase your productivity. It has tools like the calculator, world time application, countdown timer and stopwatch as well as a voice recorder and unit converter that can be used when the need arise.
One of the editors of cnet website Kent German says:"With its eco-friendly design and spiffy solar panels, the Samsung Blue Earth is more than just a gimmick; it's also an appealing cell phone with character."
Earth-Friendly Package
This high quality eco-friendly phone from Samsung will be a sure hit to nature lovers. You see, the phone including its package is made from recycled materials. Though it may be hard to believe at first, Samsung has disclosed that the handset is made from old water bottle plastic. And also during production, it shows that there are no emissions of harmful substances like phthalates and beryllium. The box used for packaging the phone is made from recycled paper and printed with soy ink.
And if that is not enough to make eco-fans happy, the phone boasts of eco-friendly tracker apps and profile. The unique "Eco Mode" profile lets you save energy by automatically timing the backlight and reducing the brightness. It also runs the "AccuWeather" that gives update on the weather condition and the "Eco Walk" application that keeps track of how much carbon dioxide was reduced in the air with your every step.