Samsung new corn phone

Sprint Nextel Corp and Samsung Electronics Co said they will sell a $49.99 "eco-conscious" phone with a casing of biodegradable plastic made partly from corn.Several manufacturers have made "green" phones, but they have generally been bare-bones devices, like Motorola Inc's Renew, carried by T-Mobile USA. Nokia Corp.'s Evolve is also a simple, low-end phone and lacks the backing of a US carrier.The new Samsung Reclaim is a more fully featured phone, sporting a slide-out alphabetic keyboard, e-mail and Web access, a camera and GPS navigation. The phone goes on sale August 16.The plastic of the casing is 40 percent corn-based. The phone's charger lights up when the phone is fully charged, to remind the owner to unplug it to save electricity.