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Cell phone technology comes on leaps and bounds all the time. It was not so long ago that games were the latest thing for phones to have and decent camera phones have only been with us a few years. Some argue that the phone companies have access to the technology long before we will ever see it, but release new updates every now and again to keep us upgrading. This may be true but it is still the case that phone technology is moving forwards at an alarming rate and it’s amazing how much electrical components they are now stuffing in those little boxes. So which are the latest gadgets to storm the cell phone world?
Projectors. How would you like to watch movies on your phone but instead of struggling to see a tiny screen, instead see a 50 inch projection on the wall? Well the latest phones are offering just that and include a powerful built-in projector using LED filament replacements that can be used to project any image visible on the screen. The first to market this technology properly is Samsung, with their I7410. Which is set to be properly released UK and US shortly. There is even talk of a newer version that uses new trackside communications cable technology that projects HD images.
Friend location. If keeping track of the locations of your acquaintances is something that interests you, Apple could soon become your best friend. They have recently launched a new service that will link you to all your friends who have the same technology and show you on a map where they all are. You’ll be happy to know that people have to opt in for this service so people cannot just see where you are automatically, although caution is still advised.
We never think it will happen to us, and then it does. In my case this has happened twice. I am, of course, talking about losing my mobile phone.
The first time I lost my valuable mobile was due to too many beers on a boys night out. Thinking back I was using my mobile phone on my way home and must have left it on the back seat of the taxi. The following morning, when I realized what had happened, I called the cab firm only to hear that my phone had not been found.It was suddenly painfully clear how much of my life was actually stored on my little mobile telephone.
I vowed that I would be far more careful in future and get myself some mobile phone insurance to cover the cost of replacement. The expense was actually the last thing on my mind as I’d lost a whole load of important telephone numbers and contact details that weren’t stored anywhere else.
Everybody does it. We run into an old friend and we immediately input their contact details into our telephones and don’t think about transferring those details to our computers or some sort of backup device, like an address book.
The second time I lost my mobile phone was on another night out but this time I wasn’t the worse for drink. I was convinced that a pickpocket had lifted my mobile from my pocket in the nightclub. It’smore likely that I dropped it on the floor when getting some cash from my pocket at the bar. I told the club staff but my new phone never turned up.
Unfortunately I had not taken out the mobile phone insurance policy that I’d said I would. But my experience the last time I’d lost my phone had led to my making note of most of the contact details on my phone.
Is there a moral to this tale? Maybe a small one. But I recommend that you routinely backup all of the contact details stored on your phone and get yourself some insurance cover.
