When it comes to safeguarding your phone, insurance coverages have limitations. In cases where you iPhone would incur damages due to cracks or perhaps submerged in water, insurance coverage doesn’t usually include that. However with the GadgetGuard iPhone app, all these worries are put to rest. All you need to do is tap on the free downloadable application and you instantly activate GadgetGuard’s 2 year service plan worth up to $500 of repairs or device component replacement.

There are two packages available. GadgetGuard Gold (for phones less than a month old) and GadgetGuard Silver (for older phones). For monthly services and feed, GadgetGuard Gold costs $5 a month after a $49 activation fee while the GadgetGuard Silver has a monthly fee of $3 after a $29 activation fee. The app can be downloaded at the iTunes store and similar apps are on the way for Blackberry and Android smartphone users.

(Source) Press

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If you have large fingers or are encountering navigation and selection issues as far as operating your iPhone or iPod Touch, here is a stylus pen that should aid you in your concerns. The Black Stylus Pen compatible for Apple iPhone is a lightweight black stylus pen that promises you smooth dragging as far as making use of the marquee touch screen of your iPhones or iPod Touch.

The Black Stylus Pen compatible for Apple iPhone comes with a rubber tip to prevent damages to your iPhone’s screen. It is compatible with Apple’s iPhone 3G 3GS, iPod Touch 2nd Gen, 3rd Generation.

Price: $0.95

(Source) Amazon

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Apple has been sued by Taiwan based manufacturer Elan Microelectronics Corp. for reportedly infringing two of its patents for touchscreen technology. The lawsuit, filed in a US District Court here on Tuesday, accuses Apple of infringing on Elan patents in its iBook, PowerBook and MacBook portable computers, the iPhone smartphone and the iPod Touch digital music player.

“Each of these devices includes a touch-sensitive input device capable of detecting the simultaneous presence of two or more fingers or other capacitive objects using the structure and methods claimed in (Elan’s) 352 patent,” the complaint said.

Elan alleged that the iPhone and iPod Touch infringe on another patent held by the Taiwan company. The complaint claims the patent infringement is causing Elan “irreparable harm,” asks the court to put an end to it and demands unspecified damages from the Cupertino, California-based Apple.

According to The New York Times, Elan filed suit in 2006 against another US company, Synaptics, over one of the patents mentioned in the Apple lawsuit. It said Synaptics countersued and both actions were dismissed last year after the companies reached a cross-licensing agreement.

(Source) AFP

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