Eco Phones: Mobile Phone Launches Its Environmental Protection Efforts

Eco-friendliness is becoming a huge factor in consumer decision making.  Whether it’s because of genuine desire to help the environment or just another trend worthy of praise, people look at gadgets differently now.  Mobile phone launches its contribution to the environment.  From a sustainable source of energy to environmental protection through recycling, the phone industry is setting up its game.  Here are some eco phones out in the market.

Samsung Replenish

The Samsung Replenish boasts to be one of the greenest phones in the market.  When I say greenest I mean eco-friendly.  34% of the phone is made of recycled material.  Moreover, as much as 87% of this android phone can be recycled.  Unfortunately this phone has relatively lo specs.  The screen is just 320x240 pixels, the camera is just 2MP (though this is still quite useable). 

Quick features:

Touch screen

Qwerty keyboard

Display: 240x320 pixels

SmartPhone Android OS 2.2

2MP camera

microSD/microSDHC max 32 GB

WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, USB

Samsung Blue Earth

The Samspung Blue Earth is another top phone when it comes to eco-friendliness.  It’s shell is composed of recycled materials mainly old plastic bottles.  But what sets this phone apart is the solar panel cells at the back.  This way you can charge the phone via the sun’s free solar rays.  Something eco-enthusiasts will love.  Although it comes with a standard wall charger capability, the solar panel can help you save up and charge at no cost. 

Quick features:

Touch Screen

Display:240x400 pixels

3MP camera

music player formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA

microSD/microSDHC max 16 GB

built in 130 MB memory

WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, USB

Sony Ericsson Hazel

This mobile phone is part of Sony Ericssons’ GreenHeart Portfolio.  As such, you can expect eco-friendly features.  For one, the body of the Sony Ericsson Hazel is made of recycled water bottles and CD’s.  Water-base paint instead of the usual solvent-based paint is used for this phone.  Moreover, they replaced the usual hard copy of the user manual with an e-copy version.  Packaging is also made smaller so less materials are used.

Quick features:

Numeric keypad

Display: 230x320 pixels

5MP camera

music player formats: MP3, AAC

microSD/microSDHC max 16 GB

built in 280 MB memory

WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 USB2.0

Obviously there is a continuing effort from mobile phone companies to produce products that address environmental protection.  With the continued pressure in different sectors, we can expect improvements in the materials used, energy usage and of course in information dissemination. 

The environment is undoubtedly a huge global concern today.  Are you using and eco phones?  

Social Networking Policy Act - Making Social Networks Antisocial.

Have you heard of the latest challenge social networks has to contend with?  The Social Networking Policy Act (SB 242) authored by California State Senator Ellen Crobett will make social networking sites a bit anti-social. 

Of course one of the first to react to this proposed Act is Facebook CEO Mark Zukerberg who has advocated sharing of information online.  In fact, he believes that the sharing of personal data online is a “social norm”.  He practically built Facebook on this fundamental idea that people share personal information with others online. 

The social network is a community where information is freely shared – even personal ones.  Let’s face it, more and more people are taking the online social networking arena to meet and interact with others.  In fact, the online social network has become the new place to meet and discuss.  Moreover, social networking has become part of the culture of modern day individuals. 

Of course anyone who wants to sign up for any social network still has to give personal data to set up an account.  But the difference is through this legislation, account owners can opt not to share personal information with others.  At first glance this seems logical and harmless to the social network sites.  But there’s more to this bill than meets the eye. 

Under the proposed Act, users have the option of tweaking their privacy settings.  In addition, they can limit the information to just their name and the city they reside in.  But this does not end there!  Social networks will be required to delete any personal information that the account user wants to get rid of.  This takes a 180 degree turn to what the social network concept stands for.  To make matters worse, the bill provides a truly alarming proposition.  Parents can edit whatever is on their child’s profile! For example a child’s Facebook profile can be edited by their parents without having to break any privacy laws.   Just for the record, this bill will affect not just Facebook and large international social networking sites. It will affect even small, school-maintained social networks and social websites. 

If this bill ever gets passed, social networks beware.  Any violation will be fined $10,000.00 per user account violated.

Surely the bill has good intentions especially the protection of individuals.  But it seems that the social network is becoming a bit anti-social with this bill.  

Easy Steps to Configure Your Mobile Device in Yahoo Messenger

It's amazing how innovations and advancements in mobile technology can connect people. However, you need to set up your gadgets so that you can maximize their features. Here's a guide on how to configure your mobile device in Yahoo Messenger.

1. Open your Yahoo Messenger.
2. From the 'Messenger' menu, Click 'Sign in to Mobile Device' from the Menu.
3. A dialog box will appear so you can register your device
4. Select your country from the drop down list
5. Enter your mobile phone number
6. Click the "Next"
7. A "Verify Device" window will appear
8. Input the confirmation code that was sent to your mobile device
9. Click "Next" and yo're all done

Make no mistake about it, if you want the best mobile technology to work for you, you need to tweak it to suit your needs.