Samsung announced it
is
installing of 37 mobile charging stations today at nine U.S.
colleges
including Brown University, Florida State University, Northwestern
University, Syracuse University, The University of Miami, The
University
of New Hampshire, The University of New Mexico, University of
Northern
Iowa and The University of Utah.
Students and faculty can relax with live music, free massages,
energy
bars and refreshments. To support Samsung Mobile's March to a
Million
initiative to collect and recycle one million mobile phones in
2010,
students will receive a free gift for every old mobile phone they
donate
to support the eco-friendly program.
Samsung Mobile is continuing its nationwide mobile charging
station
collegiate program with special on-campus events at 11
universities,
from April 17-30, to educate students and promote the features of
the
mobile charging stations. On-campus events will be held at Texas
Tech
University, The University of New Mexico, The University of
Missouri,
The University of Miami, Louisiana Tech, University of Northern
Iowa,
The University of Utah, The University of Maryland, University of
California, Los Angeles, The University of Minnesota and The
University
of Texas at Dallas.
The on-campus events will feature Samsung Mobile's "Recharge
Smarter
with Samsung Mobile Photo Contest." The Facebook photo contest is
designed for students to show Samsung Mobile how they choose to
"recharge" themselves during the semester. To participate in the
contest, students will log on to Samsung Mobile's Facebook page.
Once
they've registered to participate in the contest, they will
receive a
printable cutout of a Samsung Mobile charging station. Students
are
asked to document their personal methods of "recharging" by taking
photos of themselves with the Samsung Mobile charging station
cutout and
posting them onto Facebook.
Students who participate in the "recharge" photo contest have from
April
17 to May 15 to upload their images to Samsung Mobile's Facebook
page.
Students will encourage friends, family and their peers to vote
for them
through email and by embedding the photo on their personal
Facebook
page. After the contest period ends, the student with the most
votes
will be the grand prize winner and will receive a seven-day
getaway for
two and 10 additional winners will win a brand new Samsung Mobile
phone.
Official contest rules and regulations can be viewed on Samsung
Mobile's
Facebook page at, www.facebook.com/samsungmobile.
Samsung Mobile Charging Stations are outfitted with eight
electrical
outlets per station, allowing several people to re-charge their
electronic devices at the same time for free. The stations are
built to
charge personal electronics designed for U.S. voltage (i.e., 120
volts)
to charge mobile phones and other electronic equipment. The
charging
stations will be installed in student unions and at on-campus
sporting
venues to keep student and faculty users' personal electronics
powered
up.
In 2009, Samsung Mobile installed 40 charging stations on nine
U.S.
college campuses including Texas Tech University, The University
of
Texas at Dallas, The University of Minnesota, Louisiana Tech,
Mississippi State University, The University of Missouri, San
Diego
State University, The University of Maryland and The University of
Colorado - Boulder. By the end of the 2010 spring semester,
Samsung
Mobile will have installed a total of 87 charging stations on 20
of the
nation's largest college campuses. Samsung Mobile plans to install
100
additional charging stations on college campuses by the end of
2010.
Overall, Samsung Mobile will have 187 charging stations in use
across
college campuses.
"Samsung Mobile is excited to bring these new charging stations to
some
of the largest and highly recognized college campuses in the U.S.
College students and faculty use their mobile devices more than
ever
before to stay connected," said Paul Golden, chief marketing
officer of
Samsung Mobile. "It's Samsung Mobile's goal to eventually have
mobile
charging stations in universities across the nation for students
and
faculty to take full advantage of the convenience and free power
our
charging stations provide."