Here’s a neat product for your iPhone. MyRubberz.com has a cool solar charger and battery case for iPhone that harnesses solar energy to give you extra battery life on the go. While Greenpeace has revealed that the device is not as green as those from some of Apple’s competitors, this gives you the chance to [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Recycle Handsets for Haiti Relief
January 22nd, 2010 
Patrick Hebert *** March 15, 2010 UPDATE *** We’re busy counting, testing & grading all of the phones we collected for our Haiti relief drive between January 22 and February 28, 2010 and will make our donation once all the numbers are in. While we’re a small family owned company without the same reach as other initiatives, [...]
Posted in recycle your cell phone 
Tags: barrie, british columbia, canada, fundraising, nova scotia, old cell, unlocked 
No Comments »Mobile Review: Sony Ericsson Elm
January 22nd, 2010 Patrick Hebert Sony Ericsson’s Greenheart program is more than just an internal standard; it is a very important ideal that many other companies should learn from. Greenheart is not the only eco-friendly standard that the company is implementing. Sony Ericsson has a very strong stand regarding proper use of energy, eliminating unwanted substances in the manufacturing of [...]
Samsung M2510: Budget Music Phone
January 22nd, 2010 Patrick Hebert The Samsung M2510 is a simple music phone that brings entertainment through music at a very reasonable cost. Since most GSM devices tend to be quite low on the functionality scale, it is impressive how much detail Samsung has put in into making sure that at least this phone can play music nicely. In general, [...]
CellCycle adds nearly 60 New Places to Recycle your Cell Phone
January 11th, 2010 Patrick Hebert Recycling a cell phone is now even easier thanks to participating member depots of the Eastern Recyclers Association. Nova Scotians can now recycle their old cell phones ethically through CellCycle.ca at any one of almost 60 participating bottle depots across Nova Scotia. With nearly 21,000,000 cell phones becoming obsolete in Canada every eighteen months stashed [...]
What phones work with Bell & Telus’ new 3G network?
January 5th, 2010 Patrick Hebert The Apple iPhone is in hot demand and it’s one of many reasons it is believed that Bell and Telus invested in their new network. A side benefit, of course, is that it is now possible for the rest of us Canadians to use compatible unlocked phones. More good news: there are many more compatible [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: 3g network, bell, canada, candy, gsm phone, telus, unlocked, unlocked phone 1 Comment »What’s an Unlocked cell phone?
January 4th, 2010 Patrick Hebert With Bell and Telus having launched their new 3G network, there’s a new interest in getting unlocked cell phones in Canada. If you’re not familiar with the term ‘unlocked,’ here’s the short version: when you purchase a cell phone in Canada, it is usually programmed to only work with the provider you bought it from. Why? Wireless [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: 3g network, bell, canada, candy, locked cell phone, telus, unlocked No Comments »
