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Nokia 3110 Evolve, one eco-friendly phoneSource

The Finnish phone giant has presented at the annual Nokia World meeting the “Evolved” 3110 model which has become, well, greener. The Nokia 3110 Evolve has “bio-covers” made from more than 50% renewable material, its packaging has been reduced in size and comes from 60% recycled content. It also said the phone’s AC charger is Nokia’s most energy efficient charger yet, using 94 per cent less power to charge up a handset than the US Energy Star specifications require. So we should all feel a little less guilty for leaving our handsets on chargers all day.. No thanks—I’m gonna hold out for a built-in wind charger.

The Evolve stores images and MP3 files on Micro SD cards of up to 2GB, but one’s not included with the handset. Content can be sent to, say, a compatible PC via Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) technology. It’s also equipped with a mini USB port and - amazingly, in this day and age - infrared.

The 16-day standby time is impressive, though, but chatty users might be put off by its 3.5-hour talk time. So gossips will need to recharge it frequently.

Nokia said the 3110 Evolve will be released during Q1 2008, although it hasn’t yet set a price for the handset.

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