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Just this month, Sprint started selling the Samsung Reclaim. Labeled as “Eco-fun for the environmentally conscious”, the main qualifier for this phone is that it is “Built from 80% recycled material with 40% of the casing made from corn-based bio-plastic” (as per Sprint’s website). The phone comes with the usual variety of features, such as keyboard, [...] Rechargeable batteries are a staple of life in my household. Some people, like my father, prefer to use them in slow draining applications like television remotes. I prefer to use them in my Wii-motes, which I regularly drain after several hours of intense game play. It is a situation that perfectly illustrates the benefits of [...] A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about solar powered chargers, which you can find here. In that post, I noted that any mobile electronics user worth their salt probably had chargers stored around the house, office, and car. In such a scenario, a solar powered charger would be worth carrying around. Recently, I [...] Recently, I had the opportunity to borrow a Grundig FR-200 Emergency radio from a friend. It was part of his emergency supply kit and after playing around with it for a while, I can understand why. Grundig is a German manufacturer of world band radios and sundry electronic equipment. In North America, their radios are [...] If you are like most of us, you’ve already got several of them in your house. What are we talking about? Vampire Appliances! Vampire appliances are electronic devices that consume power while in ’standby’ mode. Common examples of these devices are televisions, computers, and microwaves. Taken individually, the load imposed by any one device is [...] |
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