Comments on: Cell Phone Makers Half-Hearted On Green Initiatives http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: at&t refurbished cell phones http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-38839 at&t refurbished cell phones Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:09:26 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-38839 <p>Thank you for the post it was very informative. The problem is that people want to go green it is just that it is so expensive to go green with just about any technology. Take a look at the Prius. It is probably the greenest mass produced car on the planet, but yet it costs over 20,000 out the door. So, as long as green makes you pay a lot of green than everyone will go brown.</p> Thank you for the post it was very informative. The problem is that people want to go green it is just that it is so expensive to go green with just about any technology. Take a look at the Prius. It is probably the greenest mass produced car on the planet, but yet it costs over 20,000 out the door. So, as long as green makes you pay a lot of green than everyone will go brown.

]]> By: A Green Label Alone Isn’t Going to Sell Eco-Friendly Phones - btclip http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-38379 A Green Label Alone Isn’t Going to Sell Eco-Friendly Phones - btclip Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:40:33 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-38379 <p>[...] Uptake of solar-enabled phones has been extremely limited thanks to performance and price issues. Most manufacturers’ green intentions fade “like a wireless signal in an underground parking lot,” a December 2008 report from ABI [...]</p> [...] Uptake of solar-enabled phones has been extremely limited thanks to performance and price issues. Most manufacturers’ green intentions fade “like a wireless signal in an underground parking lot,” a December 2008 report from ABI [...]

]]> By: Juniper Sees Big Opportunities, Little Traction in Green Handsets http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-38335 Juniper Sees Big Opportunities, Little Traction in Green Handsets Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:31:27 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-38335 <p>[...] Uptake of solar-enabled phones has been extremely limited thanks to performance and price issues. Most manufacturers’ green intentions fade “like a wireless signal in an underground parking lot,” a December 2008 report from ABI [...]</p> [...] Uptake of solar-enabled phones has been extremely limited thanks to performance and price issues. Most manufacturers’ green intentions fade “like a wireless signal in an underground parking lot,” a December 2008 report from ABI [...]

]]> By: freemobile http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-33490 freemobile Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:18:44 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-33490 <p>Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again - taking you feeds also, Thanks.</p> Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.

]]> By: Sony Ericsson Launches Green Phones, Will Consumers Care? http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-32351 Sony Ericsson Launches Green Phones, Will Consumers Care? Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:31:59 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-32351 <p>[...] by Katie Fehrenbacher No Comments Posted June 3rd, 2009 at 11:30 pm in Energy Research firm ABI has said that most cell phone makers’ green phone intentions often fade “like a wireless signal in an [...]</p> [...] by Katie Fehrenbacher No Comments Posted June 3rd, 2009 at 11:30 pm in Energy Research firm ABI has said that most cell phone makers’ green phone intentions often fade “like a wireless signal in an [...]

]]> By: AT http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-23544 AT Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:46:52 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-23544 <p>Regardless of whether the phone itself is 'green' a proportionally big impact (or even larger perhaps) could be made by standardizing the accessories. There is absolutely no reason chargers and cables couldn't be universal, yet the companies intentionally make them incompatible with each other... not only between brands but within a brand one model to the next will require a complete new set of cords and chargers. As a result we needlessly throw away or otherwise dispose of several of these items per phone. This is inexcusable, and should be addressed by any sort of green standard that is developed.</p> <p>Plus universal accessories could be used for many kinds of products. There's no reason we couldn't be using the same charger for all of our portable accessories rather than having different plugs on all of them requiring us to acquire a suitcase full of cords to sustain a portable electronic lifestyle. The innards of these things are all basically identical! What a tremendous waste (and hassle).</p> Regardless of whether the phone itself is ‘green’ a proportionally big impact (or even larger perhaps) could be made by standardizing the accessories. There is absolutely no reason chargers and cables couldn’t be universal, yet the companies intentionally make them incompatible with each other… not only between brands but within a brand one model to the next will require a complete new set of cords and chargers. As a result we needlessly throw away or otherwise dispose of several of these items per phone. This is inexcusable, and should be addressed by any sort of green standard that is developed.

Plus universal accessories could be used for many kinds of products. There’s no reason we couldn’t be using the same charger for all of our portable accessories rather than having different plugs on all of them requiring us to acquire a suitcase full of cords to sustain a portable electronic lifestyle. The innards of these things are all basically identical! What a tremendous waste (and hassle).

]]> By: Matt D. http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-21622 Matt D. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:32:05 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-21622 <p>I agree that more standards are needed to define what exactly makes a green cell phone. I like the link to EPEAT, but I wonder if it would help make things more consistent across the world if the U.S. accepted the EU's <a href="http://www.rohs.gov.uk/" rel="nofollow">RoHS compliance standards</a> in deciding whether or not electronics are green?</p> I agree that more standards are needed to define what exactly makes a green cell phone. I like the link to EPEAT, but I wonder if it would help make things more consistent across the world if the U.S. accepted the EU’s RoHS compliance standards in deciding whether or not electronics are green?

]]> By: Tom http://earth2tech.com/2008/12/01/cell-phone-makers-half-assing-green-phones/#comment-21579 Tom Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:27:36 +0000 http://earth2tech.wordpress.com/?p=16494#comment-21579 <p>I just wrote a post on my blog about Greenpeace's rating of electronics companies - including some cell phone makers such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson. I agree that consumers are attracted to companies that project themselves as environmentally responsible, even if they know little about the actual actions of that particular company that make it environmentally responsible. Thanks for the post, and the link to EPEAT!</p> I just wrote a post on my blog about Greenpeace’s rating of electronics companies – including some cell phone makers such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson. I agree that consumers are attracted to companies that project themselves as environmentally responsible, even if they know little about the actual actions of that particular company that make it environmentally responsible. Thanks for the post, and the link to EPEAT!

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