Nokia´s rubber tyre telephone
Nokia today gave a tantalising glimpse of the first handset to be made entirely of recycled waste materials, including rubber tyres.
The handset - a sleek, silver device with tinges of green, unsurprisingly - counts among its component parts bits of recycled plastic bottles and "upcycled" metal cans. (The difference between "upcycled" and recycled remained unclear.)
The Nokia "Remade" is still a prototype - "You can´t make calls on it yet - it´s still a concept, but it gives you an insight into the way we´re thinking" the company´s chief executive, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told an audience in Barcelona, after showing a brief video. Even the electronic components in the device were "non-toxic", Mr Kallasvuo said.
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i want one
Posted by: Evan | Feb 13, 2008 4:48:43 AM
Me too!
Posted by: Ron | Feb 19, 2008 2:40:01 PM
If you want a phone that sends the same message - ie anti all the waste generated by the constant upgrading - try the JCB Toughphone (www.jcbtoughphone.com)
Posted by: Matthew Conrad | Feb 19, 2008 11:41:27 PM
The JCB Toughphone "Operational range between -20C and +60C degree angle"
And in further news "Dragon's Den entrepreneur launches the new JCB TOUGHPONETM by ...
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Oh yeah. Great advertisement.
Posted by: Stuart | Feb 22, 2008 3:04:00 PM
If one is not familiar with the terms "upcycled" or "downcycled" when referring to something that has been "recycled", perhaps some research is in order.
Posted by: Doug | Feb 26, 2008 4:55:03 PM
JCB Toughphone
When you go to 'buy on line' all it says is 'under construction' so it looks like they haven't got any to sell.
Posted by: Michael Cawood | Feb 27, 2008 2:16:02 PM