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Ever Dropped your Phone in the Toilet?
I read sometime last year in a survey from SimplySwitch that 855.000 handsets are flushed away each year in Britain alone. How this happens, I guess I will never know… I admit that I have once dropped my phone in a cup of coffee and, on a few occasions, spilt some water or juice on it, but never ever dropped it in the toilet. After a few days of drying I always managed to get the phones working again… kinda - but not everyone are this lucky.
For careless unfortunate users like myself there is hope, though. Golden Shellback coating is a new and unique coating that protects your phone from damage if it is exposed to water. The coating can repel oils, synthetic fluids, dust, dirt, and water based solutions, and it is almost invisible, so your device will still look slick and stylish.
The coating is developed by Northeast Maritime Institute in Fairhaven, MA USA. It was originally developed to solve a problem of water proofing a ‘man overboard’ system, which needed to be able to function when exposed to water. This has now evolved into the Golden Shellback, which can be used for smaller devices like mobile phones, cameras, Mp3-players, and laptops.
Unfortunately it does not mention on the website when this will be available, but rumors have it that the price will be around $50-75 depending on the size of your device. Bigger devices like laptops are likely to be more expensive.
Watch the video here:
Golden Shellback Waterproof Coating from gCaptain.com on Vimeo.
Written by
michael thomsen
Can ZPower solve users’ demand for longer Battery Life?
Last week the market analysis company Canalys published a report about the trends of the smart phone market in Europe. Amongst other things the report stated that 38% of phones shipped in Europe had GPS and 58% had Wi-Fi. There were quite a few other interesting discoveries in their research release, but one of the main concerns were that owners were not making full use of their phones for fear of draining their battery and not be able to make calls.
Written by
michael thomsen
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