Gadget Insurance: How to keep gadgets safeguarding

Posted by Boffill Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Life is incomplete with the smart gadgets available these days. Scenarios used to be a lot different during the earlier days. however, with passing of time, tastes and behaviors of people does change a lot. Innovative concepts, cool gadgets, and better technology has make life simpler. People, these days, have become more and more dependent on electronic gadgets. Their lives seem to take a sudden halt if these gadgets start to malfunction or even if lost. Smartphones, PC, pager, laptops, MP3/MP4 players, etc are some of the most popular gadgets available these days. These gadgets can be quite expensive. So, it is always a great option to insure these gadgets. Going for a good insurance policy that will offer coverage in case accidental loss or theft of these gadgets is always a handy invest opportunity to avail. There are some insurance policies that also cover digital content as well accessories.

According to popular news journal The Guardian, more than 80 percent of teenagers in UK carries some sort of electronic gadgets priced in the range of £800 - £1,165. Most of them carries a mobile phone. Music players and tablets are also very popular among the Brit teens. When going for gadget insurance, policies in the range of 1200-1800 is a quite relevant option. Electronic gadgets like mobile phones, MP3/ MP4 players, and tablets have a great resale value. Moreover, they are portable in size. This results in more chance of thefts. According to a recent survey, near about 300,000 mobile phone, iPods, and tablets get stole from UK every year. Remember, it is not only a matter of monetary loss but also loss of several important data. In fact, thieves will easily be getting access to confidential data of the victim. Also, portable gadgets get damaged easily. Often, certain damages are not covered in the warranty. So, it becomes extremely necessary to get an insurance coverage for these expensive gadget devices. There are insurance companies like iSmart Finance that offers a wide range of policies with great coverage schemes for electronic and mobile gadgets. However, before going for any particular insurance policy, it is necessary to focus on the terms and conditions. Focus strongly on the withdrawal schemes and guidelines. While some services may offer coverage of gadget and accessories up to a cost of £75 for 90 days, there are also those premium services that offers coverage of 1 year. Item costs may differ as per rules and guidelines. Premium coverage includes accidental losses as well increased price of gadgets within the range of £750. And then there are also those policies where per-gadget coverage limit lies within the range of £1000 - £2,500. These type of insurance coverage is beneficial even for downloadable materials.

 Remember, in this modern era, gadgets play an indispensable role in the lives of mankind. Hence, it will be highly prudent to opt for suitable insurance schemes to protect and safeguard these expensive assets. Proper insurance policies will prevent the users face serious financial loss in case the gadget gets lost or stolen or even damaged accidentally.

 About The Author: Diana is a blogger by profession. She loves writing, reading and traveling. Beside this she is fond of luxury cars and wishes to own one day Lamborghini Reventon

How to Save Battery of Mobile Phone

Posted by Boffill Thursday, January 3, 2013

Battery life has been the most common issues when it comes to Smartphones whether it runs with Android, iOS, Symbian or Windows. You know it’s irritating when our battery runs out after 5 hours of use and worse is you are away from home to charge your phone. When I was still using my old Nokia N82, I always bring with me an extra battery anywhere I go. Chargers are not too handy to carry so I prefer an extra battery on my pocket. I’ll be giving you guys some tips on how to save the battery of your favorite gadget so you can make use the best out of it.


Turn off GPS, Bluetooth, WIFI – These three features of our Smartphone are the monster of them all. It drains our battery too fast so it’d be better for you to turn them off when not in use.

Use 2G instead of 3G network – If you’re not using mobile internet or video call, better use 2G network instead of 3G. 3G has high consumption than 2G.

Adjust screen brightness – If you’re eyes are bright enough to read your text messages, adjust the screen brightness of your gadget to lower level

Turn off widgets – I know most of us like widgets but there are some nuisance widgets that are installed in our Smartphone that we sometimes ignore. Widgets runs in the background even if you’re phone are in lock mode and sometimes use an Internet connection which will surely drain your battery faster.

Other options that you have to turn off to save battery are vibration, notification tone and key tone



I hope these simple tips can help you optimize your battery consumption. If you have suggestions, please post a comment below so I could include it in my post.

Nokia Symbian on Android and iPhone

Posted by Boffill Thursday, December 27, 2012

Many Nokia Symbian phone users are not aware how powerful their mobile phones are.  I have been a Nokia Symbian phone user since 2003 when my brother gave me his old Nokia 3650 phone. During that time, I became obsessed on Nokia Symbian phones. The user friendly experience is great and also its functions. I researched online on how to make use of all the possibilities Nokia can gave me and it didn’t failed me. Lots of applications are available online from Video player up to Photo Editor. Social Networking sites are not yet on its limelight back then so most of the applications are only for offline functions. My favorite application before was the SMS Machine where you have an auto-reply on your mobile phone. So if you’re busy doing something, you can let your phone send a reply in every text message you receive to inform the recipient that you are busy or sleeping. Symbian platform have evolved from Symbian S60v1 then theres Symbian S60v2 then the 3rd Edition up to 5th Edition. Now, the most recent version for Symbian is the Symbian S^3 FP2 that runs on Nokia 700, 701 and Nokia 808 Pureview.

Everytime there’s a new Nokia Symbian phone coming out of the market; I always make sure that I am able to test it from a Nokia Store downtown. I always try it myself and see the latest improvement made by Nokia. I haven’t owned a lot of Nokia Symbian phones. I was only limited to Nokia 3650 then the Nokia 6630, next is the Nokia N82 and the last and my latest Nokia phone is the Nokia N8. Some of my friends don’t really know how powerful my Nokia N8 is compared to their Android power mobile phones. The body is awesome slim for me. It fits on my palm so beautifully whenever I use it. The 12MP camera is so awesome.

When I buy a new phone, I always check the camera and also if it has a built in a-GPS. That’s the two most important functions I always check on a new Nokia Symbian Phone. I could still remember when I was at Cebu having a vacation and I was roaming the downtown area until I got lost. I was so shy to ask for the way back to my mother’s workplace until I remember that I have installed Garmin Mobile XT on my phone. I checked the route and followed the built-in voice prompt of Garmin Mobile XT until I was able to get myself back at my mother’s workplace. That made me loved my Nokia phone so much because it saved my day back then.

For me, I don’t agree to what others say that Android is the most powerful platform today. I haven’t seen a Garmin Mobile XT installed on an Android phone. If we’ll talk about camera, Nokia has created the most powerful cameraphone in the world, the Nokia 808 Pureview. Yes it’s true that Google Play can give you a lot of applications for your Android phone but the problem is you’ll have to try first all the crappy applications on Google Play before you can get yourself to the real software you wanted. On gaming, I’d still go for Nokia; they have HD graphics and 3d support. Nokia supports Bluetooth 3.0 and NFC connection. I think Nokia was the original when it comes to NFC technology; Samsung just copied it and then put it on Samsung S3.

Android and iPhone has taken over that’s why Nokia’s Symbian has been out of the market. Some people wanted to buy Android and iPhone because of their social status. Yes, there are a lot of powerful mobile phones currently out on the market but some people who were using them are not wise enough to use all the phone’s functionalities. Yes, sometimes I envy some of the new mobile phones on the market like the Samsung S3 or the iPhone 4s but I don’t see any difference when using Nokia’s Symbian phone. Just to inform everyone that I was able to use those mobile phones so I could compare. I personally don’t like the idea of Nokia giving up the Symbian platform. Now they are focused on Windows mobile. Based on my observation, Symbian platform brought Nokia to the top of them all when iPhone and Android was still on their early period. Nokia have made a very big mistake giving up Symbian. They should’ve developed it more so people would continue patronizing them. But no matter what, I’d still stick to Symbian. I have no plans of switching to Android or iPhone not until they beat Symbian based on my own specification. 

iTunes 12 Days of Gifts for Christmas

Posted by Boffill Tuesday, December 18, 2012
iTunes 12 days of gifts for Christmas
iTunes 12 Days of Gifts

Apple Inc. is now giving away gifts to those who own an iPad or iPhone. Just visit this link and download the iTunes 12 Days of Gifts App for your device and enjoy free downloads of songs, apps, books and more all for 12 days. Each download will be available for only 24 hours and another downloadable item will be available for the next day up from December 26 to January 6. Get the app now at iTunes store. If you don’t have an iPhone or iPad, you can still download the free items on your computer via iTunes Store!