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LAS VEGAS - Whether you like life shaken or stirred, there is a phone out there just for you, and more so at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Catching the green wave, Motorola, has unveiled the first mobile phone made from recycled water bottles. That's right, start saving your mineral water bottles!
The MOTO W233 Renew previewed at the show in Las Vegas on Thursday won't be just a novelty off the drawing block.
Officials said the Renew will be available through T-Mobile USA in the first quarter of the year.
Capitalising on the trend towards more environmentally friendly products even further, Motorola also made sure its new product was green in more than one way.
"Not only is the plastic housing of Renew made from plastics comprised of recycled water bottles and 100 percent recyclable, but it is also the world’s first carbon neutral phone," Motorola said.
Through an alliance with Carbonfund.org, Motorola said it "offsets the carbon dioxide required to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone through investments in renewable energy sources and reforestation."
"Today, natural resources, energy and time are more precious than ever before," said Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president for Motorola Mobile Devices.
"We wanted to ensure that this device makes the right impact with consumers and the environment," he said.
Motorola said the "greening" of the new phone applies also to the packaging. "The box and all of the materials inside are printed on 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper," the company said.
"In addition, a postage-paid recycling envelope in box makes it easy to return your previous mobile phone for recycling at no cost," Motorola added.
Also among the more than 2,700 exhibitors of high-tech gadgetry from around the world was South Korea's LG which is set to make all wannabe Bonds very happy.
Without letting on if the legendary Bond scientist 'Q' had been recruited, LG Electronics chief technology officer showed off the world's smallest watch phone.
While speaking at a news conference Paik Woo-hyun paused in mid-sentence, raised a hand and spoke to his wrist as he took a call on the slim black "smart phone" watch.
So it's not polite to take calls while speaking to an audience, but no one was complaining.
"This is really something you'd expect to see James Bond wearing in a 007 movie," Paik said Wednesday after taking a wristwatch mobile phone call during a CES press conference.
The phone links to high-speed 3G networks and can be used for email and other online activities.
It also serves as an MP3 player for digital music.
Oh, and it tells the time.
Paik says the mobile phone watches will be in production the later part of this year.
The devices have 3.63-centimetre (1.43-inch) screens and are 13.9 millimeters (0.56 inches) thick.
- AFP/sf
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