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The Greenest Phone Around: The Samsung Restore By Sprint
Apr 22nd
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Who says you can’t be both tech savvy & earth friendly? With the Restore, it’s easy to be both!
Dedicated to serious green goodness, Sprint & Samsung have teamed up and created their newest eco-friendly device called the Samsung Restore.
What makes this phone so green (other than it’s obvious green styling)? First off, the outer casing is made from 27 percent post-consumer recycled plastic. Following that, the entire phone itself is actually 84 percent recyclable! Is this cool (and forward thinking)?? VERY.
But Sprint’s “ECOmmitment” didn’t just stop in the device itself (where it very easily could have). Instead, they took it further by ensuring that the Restore’s packaging is 100% recyclable. Beyond that, Sprint has even got rid of the conventional paper manuals. They will instead be pointing people towards their online manuals.
To say that the Restore is “green,” would be an ridiculous understatement. This device is so green that it would make a leprechaun jealous.
So the Restore is eco-friendly but what can it actually do you ask? Under it’s hood, it’s packed full of features including:
- Sprint’s One Click customizable user interface
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- 2.0MP camera
- MP3 player
- microSD slot
- Bluetooth compatibility
- Sprint TV
- Sprint Family Locator
- And *ahem* Sprint Navigation! (Sorry, shameless plug – you know how it is) ;)
Available this summer, the Restore will be priced at $49.99 (with a two-year contract) and a $50 mail-in-rebate.
So on this Earth Day, remember that having great tech doesn’t mean you can’t be earth-friendly – with the Restore, you can easily be both!
For more information, please go to Sprint.com.
A Busy Week for TeleNav at CTIA
Oct 14th
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As some of you may know, last week CTIA held its annual Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event at the San Diego Convention Center. This event is always an exciting time in the mobile industry as many new phones are announced, cool new applications are launched, and a number of awards are handed out. A group of us from TeleNav headed down to San Diego for a few days to catch up with old friends in the industry and get a first-hand look of everything that was happening at the show. The San Diego weather and views (like this one from our hotel below) were a nice bonus.
Marina in San Diego
There was a lot going on for TeleNav last week in San Diego, so we thought we’d provide a brief recap. First off, there were a number of new phones announced last week that feature the apps we develop for some of our carrier partners including AT&T Navigator and Sprint Navigation as well as our own TeleNav GPS Navigator application. AT&T announced four upcoming phones including the Pantech Reveal, Pantech Impact, Samsung Mythic, and Samsung Flight. Sprint also announced a new phone, the Samsung Moment. And we can’t forget T-Mobile, which also came to play with the announcement of new phones including a myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition phone and the newly announced T-Mobile Tap. I can’t wait for the chance to play with some of these phones. And while that’s an impressive lineup of devices, the image below of some phones sporting the applications we develop is pretty impressive as well. We showed these phones at the Pepcom Mobile Focus press event.
An impressive lineup of phones
People enjoying the Pepcom Mobile Focus event
But that’s not all. Ravi Acharya, associate director of marketing for TeleNav’s B2B products, also participated on a panel at CTIA titled “Public and Corporate Fleets” where he discussed the benefits of our TeleNav Track products. TeleNav was also up for two awards last week for our TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.5 application. We were named a finalist in the Best Mobile Consumer Application category for the CTIA Hot for the Holidays Award. Jitterbug took the top honor for its LiveNurse application, so congrats to everyone at Jitterbug. We were also up for a Location 2.0 Summit Fast-Pitch Award in the Consumer Application category. We’re still waiting on those results, so keep your fingers crossed for us.
Ravi Acharya speaking at CTIA
As you can see, it was a very busy week for us, but we all had a great time and appreciated everyone from the CTIA, Pepcom and Location 2.0 events being so helpful to us.
TeleNav GPS Navigator Now Available on the T-Mobile Samsung Highlight
Jul 20th
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TeleNav GPS Navigator on the T-Mobile Samsung Highlight
In case you missed it last week, the T-Mobile Samsung Highlight launched and is now available for $149.99 (after discount and rebate).
Available in “Fire” or “Ice” colors, the T-Mobile Samsung Highlight includes a 3 megapixel camera, a TouchWiz side bar and, of course, access to TeleNav GPS Navigator. Sign up for a free 14-day trial of TeleNav GPS Navigator and you’ll get access to 3D turn-by-turn directions, voice and on-screen alerts, more than 10 million business listings, gas prices, traffic alerts and more. Service is available for $9.99 per month following the free trial.
Still thinking about it? Here is a link to a few reviews of the Highlight with more information.
If you use TeleNav on the Highlight, let us know what you think!
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