Walking around on the Mobile World Congress 2011, they are hard to miss: e Umeox Apollo, an Android smartphone with a green edge–it runs on solar power!
It’s not just the solar power that makes this one notable, either; it’s running Android 2.2, it’s got a built-in flashlight, a rear-facing camera of as yet unannounced resolution, a 3.2 inch touch screen display, a MediaTek processor, and a microSD card slot for adding storage.
And though it sounds a bit slack in terms of features, one thing that will impress is its low price. Word has already emerged suggesting that this one will go for $100, off contract. Getting a contract with this one will likely drop the price through the floor, possibly even into the free category.
Naturally, this one’s no iPhone killer. Maybe if you got it real drunk, told it the iPhone was sleeping with its girlfriend and then gave it a gun it might, but on its own, there’s no way these two would even play in the same ballpark. A lot of the features you might be hoping for–HD video, plenty of room for pictures and songs in the media player…frankly, I’d be surprised to find Android Marketplace was available on this one–will probably not be found here. But if you’re gearing yourself more toward the basics, I’d say this one could probably do a lot of people a lot of good.
Still though, it’s not the first green item to come out of MWC, and so we’ll have to keep a close eye on what all’s going on in that vein. We might be looking at the start of a real trend here–the eco-friendly mobile hardware trend–and it’ll be things like the Umeox Apollo that drive it.
Source:http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/855616-mwc-2011-umeox-apollo-the-solar-powered-android-smartphone
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