Phones, Green
How Do Phones Go Green?
How do you reduce the impact of a mobile phone We got a few pointers from Sony Ericsson, O2 and others in London, just before the launch of two green phones. [...] You are here. Home Knowledge Centre Apple How Do Phones Go Green. [...] The idea is that all phones should charge using the same micro-USB connector, and universal chargers to feed this will become available - but not until next year, and the universal charger is not expected to penetrate to 50 percent of phones until 2012. [...]
All-Solar Phone Connects The Off-Grid World
The mobile industry has been committing to making greener phones for some time, but this has been a high and mighty goal till now, according to Bryant, and solar-powered phones have not been seen as a way to reduce overall energy consumption - as the energy costs in manufacturing usually outweigh any savings in the lifetime of the phone, and solar charging is usually only a supplement to the mains. [...] At last, the solar powered phone is here - but it's not a green thing, it's a basic social necessity, say the developers. [...] You are here. Home Knowledge Centre Green IT All-Solar Phone Connects The Off-Grid World. [...]
How Do Phones Go Green?
Any idea that these recycling schemes are designed to reduce actual re-use would be dispelled by the numbers involved. Even with a million phones collected, that is still only about one percent of the phones sold in a year. [...] Finally, what happens to phones when they die Getting old phones out of landfill is an important issue, and Sony Ericsson aims to take back a million phones by the year 2015, with operators taking back even more. The companies are also working hard to get bad materials out of phones in the first place, says Pellbäck-Scharp. [...] Why can't phones go even greener, by using renewable energy It turns out that adding a solar panel to the phone doesn't help at all, says Pellbäck-Scharp. Ten square centimetres of silicon would really add to the energy use in manufacturing, and would have a low benefit. [...]
Desktop Virtualisation - Worth The Cost?
Categories. Cloud, Desktops & Notebooks, Green IT, Knowledge Centre. [...] Centralising desktops and getting rid of PCs is a green move which could save money, but users should watch the implementation costs. [...] For him, a major benefit of desktop virtualisation is allowing users to get to their applications through mobile devices. He recently deployed 150 Motorola Milestones (the European name for the Motorola Droid). They are not being used as phones, he said (the organisation has no voice bundle). [...]
The Truth About Green IT
However, with all of these green solutions at hand, there are two problems that face IT managers in the quest for a more energy-efficient computing environment. The first is measuring what is in fact green, and the second is actually implementing nuts-and-bolts features that make power conservation possible. [...] Implementing green technologies isn't just about saving the planet and cutting costs, it makes good business sense especially in the current economic climate. [...] There are plenty of green products available on the market, but what's the real return on green IT investment. [...]
Green IT And More (Part III) - Greening Your Organisation
You are here. Home Knowledge Centre Green IT Green IT And More (Part III) - Greening Your Organisation. [...] Green IT And More (Part III) - Greening Your Organisation. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] Green IT And More (Part IV) - Changing Staff Attitudes and Taking Action. [...]
Green IT And More (Part I) - Gearing Up to Go Green
You are here. Home Knowledge Centre Green IT Green IT And More (Part I) - Gearing Up to Go Green. [...] Green IT And More (Part I) - Gearing Up to Go Green. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] You can barely move at the moment without being urged to make green changes to your lifestyle. [...]
Apple’s HTC Suit Is Really Aimed At Google
Some of the phones being targeted are not Android - Apple is basically claiming to have invented mobile phones with touch screens, despite over-whelming evidence that they didn't. Some of the patents are ludicrous. What they mostly provide evidence of is that the US patent system is broken. [...] We tell customers to totally ignore this. With a two-year primary useful life for phones and a reasonably good transferability for core applications between OSes (e.g. you always sync your email and PIM to a server so you can move from phone to phone relatively easily). [...] One of the prevailing theories behind why Apple is targeting HTC in a patent infringement suit that largely targets phones running Google's Android operating system is that, well, HTC made the phones. [...]
Could Carbon Rules Endanger The UK ’s Green Plan?
You are here. Home Knowledge Centre Green IT Could Carbon Rules Endanger The UK 's Green Plan. [...] Could Carbon Rules Endanger The UK 's Green Plan. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] By 2020, forty percent of Britain's electricity will come from low carbon sources (including nuclear and clean coal ), while a million people will be in green jobs, and 1.5 million homes will generate some of their own electricity, according to Ed Milliband, secretary for energy and climate change. [...]
Your Guide to the Top 5 Green Energy-Efficient IT Certifications
But which green IT certifications and standards should your enterprise use to qualify your IT infrastructure, including servers, storage and software, for purchase Editor M. David Stone decodes the five most commonly referenced energy efficiency certifications&mdash. [...] Here are the five most common, with a look at what each means and where it applies in your IT infrastructure and energy-efficient, green IT infrastructure plans. [...] If you're serious about buying green products, consider starting your buying search by picking the certifications you want the products to meet, and then confining your search to products with those certifications. [...]
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