Monday, May 14, 2007

Nokia goes green with full battery alerts

Green is big business right now, and the latest energy saving idea is actually quite a good one.

Many people don't realise that once their phone's battery has been fully charged - and even if it has been disconnected from the charger - the charger itself continues to use electricity if it is still plugged into the wall socket and switched on.

Nokia is trying to combat this by adding an alert to its phones that sounds an alarm and flashes a message on the screen warning 'Battery is full, please unplug the charger'.

Initially the feature is only on the 1200, 1208 and 1650 phone models, but if a success could be rolled out across the whole range.

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