So what were the highlights of 2010? Well the year got off to a flying start in January with Google, the search company releasing an android based phone of its own, with a 3.7-inch screen, WVGA AMOLED resolution, Wi-Fi, a five-megapixel camera, exchangeable battery and a memory card, it looked to set the world on fire…
February… Back in 1987, when the first mobile companies launched, maybe it was a relation to the person who predicted that the Beatles wouldn’t make it, but they envisioned there would be a maximum of 10,000 phones. March, Sony Ericsson announces the Elm, and the UN approves universal mobile phone charger. Blending together the influences of sport, lifestyle and fashion, Puma sports, releases its own branded 3.2 megapixel camera, with a 2.8- inch touchscreen display, GPS and high speed mobile internet access and a solar pannelled back to power it.
April, saw us clear 5 billion mobile phone connections worldwide. So if you’re not using your mobile phone – such as when you are asleep – why not turn it off rather than leaving it on wasting power all night? New standards are being lobbied for mobile phone recycling across Europe, which would mean the removal of all data from handsets received, a ban on the export of non-working handsets which could end up as waste, and a zero landfill policy.
May, Sony Ericsson launched the Hazel. An earth friendly slider handset which won hearts of modern phone lovers with its eco desgined production values. June. Was a wonderful summer month. Nokia lauched the X6, which used 80% recycled materials, a real douzy. Greenermobiles joins 10:10, hurrah. And for those cyclists out there, if you were caught sort of power for your mobile, Nokia had brought us a device to recharge your mobile using your bicycle. Or if you were partying your way around a summer festival, you could get your self a pair of wellies from Orange to charge up your mobile with.
July… Mobiles were invented in 1909??? You could charge your mobile just by spinning it on your finger, or it could be made out of wood, or made to run on coco-cola, or if you had 40k plus, you could buy a green mobile phone that does everything for you. Having a green mobile phone is one thing, but getting a huge mobile phone bill when you have been abroad. The government had finally stepped in and told the mobile networks to put an automatic cap on customer’s accounts as to the amount you spend when calling from abroad.
43,252,003,274,489,856,000 was the number of the month for August. Yoyos have been around since 500BC and they use kinetic energy to make them work, so some one converted one into a mobile phone, so that you never had to plug it into the mains. Samsung launched a new green mobile phone for just £5 and its solar powered. O2 went one step further and launched their eco rating chart. Sheryl Crow was doing her bit by making her concerts as green as you can. And Nokia let us know about the amazing N8…
September saw the technological principle of making card payments from your mobile phone become a reality. Nokia describes its new E7 as ‘a beautiful, innovative design with everything you need to stay in sync' and it’s pitched as the greenest mobile phone on the planet? October, Alfred Dunhill’s came out with their solar charger for the great and the good. Or if you like to dance the tango or just dancing in general, you could charge your mobile using Orange’s kinetic energy dance charger. Mobile phone designers had us looking at phones made out of bamboo and mobiles that convert heat energy into electric energy.
November Motorola went green mobile mad with the production with the ‘Citrus’. And Joseph Ascencao set off on his bicycle to circumnavigate the globe over the next 4-5 years using solar power to charge up his mobile phone. And the latest green mobile from Motorola was the Motocubo A45. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but Nano-technology designs are starting to come to the surface as a power source for your mobile phone.
‘Facebook’ is the most searched term via mobiles in December. Thousands of consumers across Europe are gathering in protest to hand over signatures to mobile phone operators to make sure they make their mobiles ethically. Tesco reckons that one in ten Brits will do their online Christmas shopping from a mobile phone rather than a computer. And calling freephone 0800 numbers from mobiles are to be made free. The ‘Johns phone’ is the greenest mobile on the planet, with just the ability to receive and make a call. And Google announced that they intend to stop selling their own branded Android phone.
So let’s see what the year ahead has for us. From all of us at Greenermobiles we wish you all a Happy and Prosperous 2011
