Soldering Station

Billed as the world's first solar-powered touchscreen handset, the Blue Earth—like the recent Motorola Renew—is built out of recycled water bottles, and even boasts a pedometer that tracks how many trees you've saved by walking rather than driving.
Details on the Blue Earth, which is slated to get its close-up at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, are still sketchy; Samsung has yet to announce pricing or availability, nor any details on the built-in camera, internal storage, media features, or data capabilities.

What we do have, though, are some images—specifically, the one that shows a big solar panel on the back of the phone (there's also a camera lens sitting just above the panel). Presumably, you can charge the Blue Earth anytime it's sitting face-down in direct sunlight—but how long would it take to get a full charge? Still waiting for those details.
On the front of the Blue Earth, we have a full-on touchscreen, complete with Samsung's new, widget-friendly TouchWiz interface and dedicated Talk and End buttons. Samsung says the handset also comes with Bluetooth, a one-click, energy-efficient "Eco Mode," and an "Eco Walk" app (pictured above) that tracks your footsteps and calculates how much you've reduced your carbon footprint. 

On the front of the Blue Earth, we have a full-on touchscreen, complete with Samsung's new, widget-friendly TouchWiz interface and dedicated Talk and End buttons. Samsung says the handset also comes with Bluetooth, a one-click, energy-efficient "Eco Mode," and an "Eco Walk" app (pictured above) that tracks your footsteps and calculates how much you've reduced your carbon footprint.

Like the Motorola's green "Renew" phone (which I reviewed last week), the Blue Earth's shell is molded out of plastic derived from recycled water bottles, and its "small and light" packaging is made out of recycled paper, according to Samsung (which also notes that both the handset and charger are beryllium-, phthalate-, and brominated flame retardant-free).

That's pretty much all we know for now; until then, we'll just have to feast our eyes on the pictures.

So, what do you think: Like the idea of a solar-powered phone? Thoughts on putting the solar panel on the back of the phone? Fire away.

Source: Yahoo Tech