Watchmaker Ulysse Nardin Creates Smartphone Juiced Up by Kinetic Energy [Greenphones]

Adrian Covert — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:20:00 EST

Is it a watch? Is it a phone? Well it's mostly a smartphone, but Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin's Chairman watch employs some of the same kinetic energy tech used to power timepieces.

Designed in conjunction with SCI Innovators, this "inherently green" smartphone will ship unlocked and apparently will feature "several components never seen before in a smart phone," whatever that means. Other details are under wraps until the Chairman is officially unveiled at the Baselworld watch expo later this month, but gotdamn does it look nice. [Time Zone]

Nokia Phones Ask To Be Unplugged [Green Phones]

Wilson Rothman — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:00:00 EDT

When you leave your phone plugged in all night, it continues to draw power long after the battery is fully charged. Nokia launched a new initiative to program phones that send an audible alert when they are full up, so you can unplug them. The first phones to have the feature will be the 1200, 1208 and 1650, most likely starting in Europe. Unfortunately, by my calculations, that danged audible alert would come sometime between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m., exactly when I want my phone to keep its stinkin' trap shut. Maybe they should program a phone that can unplug its own damn self. That would be super green. – Wilson Rothman

Phones to alert users to save energy [Reuters]

Gizmodo: greenphones

Watchmaker Ulysse Nardin Creates Smartphone Juiced Up by Kinetic Energy [Greenphones]

Nokia Phones Ask To Be Unplugged [Green Phones]