Sprint and Samsung are friends of the Earth with their latest offering. The two companies have just unveiled the Reclaim, an eco cellphone that’s made from 80 percent recycled materials. It’s a sliding, QWERTY message-friendly phone made from “bio-plastic” materials that are made from corn, is PVC free, and for the most part free of BFR (brominated flame retardants).

It also sports a 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, microSD slot, and has Sprint Navigation. Even the packaging is eco-friendly, made from 70 percent recycled materials and printed with soy-based ink. They really aren’t kidding around here.

Pantech’s latest offering to the cellphone gods is the doublEye IM-U490S, available under the Sky brand. This slider boasts an interesting Picture-in-Picture feature, which lets you take photos while recording videos at the same time.

Some other features include an animated Flash menu, widgets support, HSPDA connectivity, integrated DMB-TV tuner, 3-megapixel camera, a microSD memory card slot, 2.6″ QVGA display and 130MB of internal memory.

A few months back, Modu was showing off a cutesy little phone at Mobile World Congress and creating quite a stir. And here it is now available on the market. Mobo, an Israeli website has already done a hands-on. Here’s the basic low-down.

It sports 2.5G, no WIFI. The phone consists of two pieces: the “module” that houses the actual phone and the “jacket”, which is a physical shell/case. You can switch “jackets” as often as you like. The available jackets are a little basic at the moment, but should get better.

Bad teeth and Monty Python aside, nothing says British like a red phone box. The phone itself is fully functional and comes with a 65K color TFT screen, a camera, SMS, MMS and GPRS/WAP 2.0. Sure, those specs aren’t great, but it’s a red British phone box. What did you expect?

We really would have preferred a blue version. At least that way, it would be very Doctor Who. They really missed out on that idea. It could have all of the geeky sounds and everything. Oh well. You will get some early 00’s polyphonic style ringtones. 20 to be exact. Stuff like God Save the Queen and other British tunes.

I know a few people that can’t go without their phone or sending a text message for a few minutes without nearly go into full panic mode when in an area without service. These same folks would want a text messaging device rather than food if stuck on a deserted island.

For the globetrotting fan of text messaging and two-way communications a company called Solara has announced a new 2-way handheld interactive satellite text messaging device. The unit has a screen that lets users read and write text messages that can be sent and received from anywhere on the planet.

The SB6309 Lighter Phone may or may not be real. It’s a phone with a cigarette lighter built-in. Just flip it over, slide back the protective cover, and light your smoke on the glowing square. Now smoking will not only kill you, but your phone battery as well.

It has three available colors, red, brown and black. And there’s no Surgeon Generals warning anywhere on this phone. There should be, because we think these are likely to give you third degree burns while in your pocket.

DoCoMo is working on the Solar Hybrid phone, a “solar-powered” phone that is also rugged enough to be “waterproof”, according to DoCoMo. It comes with an 8 Megapixel camera too, so this one is made for outdoor shooting.

It’s not entirely “solar-powered” as it can’t run on solar power alone. It’s more of a “solar assisted” device. 10 minutes in direct sunlight will give you a whopping 1 minute of talk time. Oh and “waterproof” means that the phone can stay in water for 30mn and no deeper than 1 meter.

The American Heart Association is the group that sets the guidelines for CPR that is taught to people who are taking CPR courses. The association also teaches first aid classes and other things to those who are looking to spend summers being lifeguards and other things.

The AHA has announced its first iPhone application that provides user with information on CPR and first aid. The app gives users reviews of first aid procedures that can be used anywhere for things like cuts, burns, animal bites and more.

My wife’s SUV has enough room that finding a spot to stash my phone isn’t a big deal. My car is much smaller though and if both cup holders are being used there is nowhere to put a phone while driving that offers access to make and receive calls.

A company called ProClip USA has announced a new line of mobile phone holders that are vehicle specific for the iPhone 3GS and older iPhone models. The ProClip solution has two components. The first is the vehicle specific dash mount that attaches to the car dash.

Are you Buddhist? If you are, you can add this one to your wishlist. It’s yet another Buddha phone. It’s dubbed the C91, a luxury gold phone with a round shape and Buddhist design.

It features a 2.0 inch display, 1.3-megapixel camera, FM radio, dual SIM support, audio and video player, microSD slot and it includes a buddistic music box too. The C91 Buddha phone will cost you $123.

When it comes to browsing the Internet on a mobile phone, not all browsers are created equal. I hate the type of mobile browser that breaks a site out of its PC format and gives you a big long page of text and links to read.

The latest version of Bolt mobile called Beta3 launched and in the first 24 hours the new version was available the browser rendered over 1 million pages. According to the company behind the browser, it has been growing at a steady rate of 50% per month since it debuted in February.

Smartphone sales are booming despite the poor economy as users flock to the devices in part because they can perform the tasks of several other devices. One of the tasks many smartphones can perform is GPS navigation.

The recent iPhone OS 3.0 update added the ability for apps that charge on a recurring basis. One of the first apps to do this was the AT&T Navigator app at $9.99 per month. According to ABI research, the global handset navigation market is set to hit 26 million by 2010.

Here’s a clone with an identity crisis. We think it’s supposed to be the HTC G2 aka HTC Magic. And as you might expect, for your $102 you’ll get run-of-the-mill specs, though it does feature dual SIM card slots if that’s what you’re after.

Some other specs include an integrated TV tuner and FM radio support alongside a 2.6″ touchscreen display at 240 × 320 resolution. Who wants one?

Don’t believe that the Sonim/Land Rover S1 phone is the toughest phone? Well, it can stand up to being stomped on by an elephant and it survives being run over by an actual Land Rover as well as getting thrown out of a second floor window.

Oh and it also survived being dunked in mud, cooked in a 300 degree oven, and soaked in beer. After all of that, it was a three ton forklift that finally killed it.

The Highscreen PP5420 is the latest Android-powered phone from Vobis and will be launched in Russia next week. Over there it’s known as the Mobinova Ice. It includes a secondary OLED display/navigation pad and presumably a strong love of Vodka along with these specs:

Qualcomm MSM7201ATM 528MHz processor, Google Android OS 1.5,GSM: 850/900/1800/1900; WCDMA/HSDPA 7.2mbps: 900/2100, HSUPA, 3” WQVGA TFT LCD touchscreen display, 3-megapixel autofocus camera, 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM, microSD memory card slot, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, Integrated FM radio, GPS navigation, Accelerometer, and TV out.