Insurance For iPhones

Most people can’t go more than a day without their iPhone battery dying. Recharging it is something that can prove to be a bother, especially when you don’t really have time to wait for your battery to be charged enough to talk or text. Apple is currently working on solving this problem.

They have recently submitted applications for patents to create new batteries for their upcoming products. The company hopes to use hydrogen fuel cell batteries, which are lighter and will last longer without having to be recharged. Using Hydrogen batteries would not only eliminate a big, bulky battery, but it would also help the environment. By switching from standard batteries to hydrogen, the by-products would only be water and electrical energy. One of the patent applications describes a “fuel cell system which is capable of both providing power to and receiving power from a rechargeable battery in a portable computing device. This eliminates the need for a bulky and heavy battery within the fuel cell system, which can significantly reduce the size, weight and cost of the fuel cell system.”

A new app for the iPhone allows you to take better photos at night. It’s called NightCap and it actually changes the amount of exposure time when taking a photo with your iPhone. The default exposure time for your iPhone’s camera is just 1/20 of a second. NightCap changes this to a full second so more light can reach the camera’s photo sensors.

NightCap is available now from the iTunes store for $0.99. It will work on iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S, and iPod Touch 4th Generation and requires iOS 5.0 or higher.

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I’m sure you all know how frustrating it is to walk out of a store or restaurant and have absolutely no idea where you parked your car.  I’ve done this too many times to count..

Now there’s help. A project by Kickstarter, called Find My Car Smart, helps you find your car using Bluetooth 4.0 technology. All you have to do is download the app for $0.99 and  buy the USB-based Bluetooth proximity adapter. The adapter plugs into your 12-volt outlet and once you plug it in, you don’t have to do anything. It automatically remembers your parking spot.

Unfortunately, this product is in the process of being produced right now. The company says it won’t start selling the adapter devices until they meet their funding goal. They predict they will start production in January.

Eton has invented a case that not only protects your iPhone, but it also can charge it, too. With the Mobius iPhone Case, all you have to do is put the case in direct sunlight, and the it starts charging. When it is fully charged, the Mobius will more than double the battery life of your iPhone. It adds five hours of talk time, or eight hours of 3G access or video playback. Just one hour of charge time gives you 25 minutes of talk time.

You can also charge the case up separately or while on the phone with a USB cable.

This is perfect if you are “going green”!

Apple introduced the much-anticipated iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011. Many rumors were swirling around it, saying it was going to be the iPhone 5, and that it was going to have many physical and internal changes. They were right about the internal changes, but that’s all. The iPhone 4S has the same dimensions as the iPhone 4, but has many new features the iPhone 4 doesn’t have.

One new feature is Siri. You can ask Siri to make calls, send texts, add reminders to your calendar, and much more. All you have to do is talk. Another feature is dual A5 core chips. They make everything faster and more efficient. The camera is also better than the one on the iPhone 4. It’s 8 megapixels and it shoots 1080p HD video. The iPhone 4S runs iOS 5, which was the subject of the previous post, so it runs all the things talked about it that post, too!

These are just a few of the new things on the iPhone 4S. If you want to see more, go to Apple’s website and check it out!

Apple has released the new iOS 5 operating system for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. They have added over 200 new features for this update. Here are just a few:

• Notification Center: You can get notifications from so many different apps- and it’s so annoying when you’re in the middle of something and a notification comes up on your screen and interrupts what you were doing. Well now, with the new notification center, you won’t have to worry about that anymore. With iOS 5, when you receive a new notification, it shows as a banner at the top rather than in the middle of the screen (unless you like it that way- you can choose in Settings). Also, when you decide you want to look at your new notifications, all you have to do is swipe down from the top of any screen and you’ll enter the Notification Center.
• iMessage:This is a new messaging service that allows you to send unlimited messages to any other iDevice that is running iOS 5. iMessage is built in to the messaging app, so you can send anything you would normally be able to send with your iPhone- texts, pictures, videos, and more! You can track the messages you send, and you can even start a conversation one one of your iDevices and finish the conversation on another.
• Newsstand: With this new feature, you can have all your subscribed newspapers and magazines in one place. You even get notifications when a new copy hits your newsstand. There’s also a new section of the app store dedicated to magazines and newspapers just for this app.
• Reminders: Here is a great app for all of you who can’t remember anything (like me). The reminders app allows you to make lists of things or have reminders that show the date they need to done. And get this- reminders can be location-based, which means that if you put in your reminders list not to forget to buy milk when you go to the grocery store, you’ll get an alert as soon as you pull in to the parking lot of the grocery store.
• Twitter: Sign in to Twitter one time in Settings, and you’ll be able to tweet from just about anywhere! You can tweet from Safari, Photos, Camera, YouTube, or Maps. It’s just that easy.
• Camera: With the new camera features, you’ll be able to take pictures more easily and quickly. If you’re in a hurry to take a picture, all you have to do is press the unlock button at the top and the camera is available from the lock screen. You now can also take pictures using the volume up button.
• Photos: With iOS 5, you can edit the photos you’ve taken. You can eliminate red-eye, crop a photo, or auto-enhance a photo. You can even organize your photos into albums right from your device.
• Safari: iOS 5 has new safari features, as well. Reading List is one of them. All you have to do is tap the Action button while Safari is open and tap Add to Reading List. All the interesting websites you wanted to look at earlier in the day, but you just didn’t have time, are all waiting for you in the Reading List. Safari now has tabbed browsing for iPad, just like on a computer.
• PC Free: This one is pretty amazing to me. You no longer have to have a computer to set up or update your iDevices. You can download software updates and do more with your apps all without using a computer.
• iCloud: iCloud takes your music, photos, and everything else and wirelessly puts them on your other devices. Anything you do one one device will automatically go to the others. How handy.

This list is just a few of the new features for iOS 5! Go to Apple’s website to check out more. And remember- if you need insurance for any of your devices, be sure to check out Worth Ave Group’s policies!

The only thing people have against iPhones (usually) is that they don’t have a physical keyboard. Sometimes the fact that the iPhone doesn’t have a physical keyboard will cause consumers to purchase another kind of phone. Maybe this product can help- it’s called the SmartKeyboard. It hasn’t actually come out yet, but this seems like a really great product. Have a look at the video below:

As you can see, the SmartKeyboard would connect to the iPhone (or possibly the iPod Touch) by using the same magnet system that is used on the new iPad 2 covers. It would also act as a stand, also like the iPad 2 cover. When not being used, you can flip the cover to the back so it wouldn’t hinder the use of the touchscreen; or you could just take it off, whichever one works better for you. It would come in seven different colors and would have a LED backlight.

I think this is a great idea and could be a great addition to the line of iPhone products. What do you think??

On August 22, Best Buy is offering the iPhone 3GS for free with a two-year contract. The iPhone 3GS normally sells for $49, but some believe that Best Buy is offering the iPhone 3GS for free in order to make room for the upcoming iPhone Apple is planning to release.

It’s only on Monday, August 22, so don’t miss out on this great deal! And also, don’t forget to get the best insurance available for your iPhone with Worth Ave. Group!

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The FBI has just released an app called Child ID. This app would come in handy if you child would ever happen to be missing. According to an FBI press release, the app “provides a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information about your children so that it’s literally right at hand if you need it. You can show the pictures and provide physical identifiers such as height and weight to security or police officers on the spot. Using a special tab on the app, you can also quickly and easily e-mail the information to authorities with a few clicks.”

This app not only holds important information about the user’s child or children, it also gives a list of tips that you could follow if your child goes missing. Hopefully you’ll never have to use this app, but this app could save precious time if your child disappears.

The Child ID app is available for download here for free.

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For just $1.99, you can have one of the greatest tools to help you quit smoking! A new iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad application is available that can aid you in this difficult process. The app, Quit Forever, was created by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center based on other stop-smoking programs that the developers know are successful.

When you download the app, it first asks you if you’d like to quit smoking cold turkey or if you would like to quit gradually. It then asks what day you want to quit smoking. After that, depending on how you’re quitting, the app will make you a schedule of how many cigarettes you can smoke per day (if any) and gives you a list of things you need prepare yourself for, like tension and cravings. The app also helps smokers identify triggers and provides information on medications that will help you quit, and it also provides the numbers of free smoking hotlines.

You can look at the app online here.