Going Green with your Mobile Phone

Mobile phones are greening up their act.

If your like me you leave your mobile phone charger plugged into the wall at all times. Well that constantly plugged in charger continues to pull energy from the socket long after your phone is fully charged and you have removed your phone.

Mobile phone manufacturers are taking note and have developed an energy rating system for mobile phone chargers to enable consumers to make greener purchasing decisions. LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson have teamed up to make mobile communication a bit greener.

The new rating system takes these two factors into account and is based on both European Union and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star energy standards. All five of the companies’ current chargers will be including in the five-star rating system where five stars categorizes the most efficient and zero stars the least efficient.

There has been no news from Research in Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry, but are welcomed to join the green initiative. Until then I will just have to unplug my charger.

Is your cellphone corny?Samsung hopes it is!

Samsung unveils its latest “eco-phone.” The E200 Eco is the third phone Samsung has introduced this year with parts made from bioplastics — materials extracted from corn. It is the first, however, in which the entire case is bioplastic.
The E200 Eco has a 1.3-megapixel camera, video messaging capabilities and an MP3 player. It's due to release in Europe in September but American's are going to have to wait it out to get green as there isn't a release date yet for the US.
And in case you were wondering even the packaging materials are green, having been made from recycled materials.