High Tech Gadgets and Electronics

Gadget Insurance for Electronics

Technology these days to amazing, no question about it. With new recent breakthroughs in the form of the new iPhone being able to recognize voice recognition to the new announcement that Microsofts Project Natal for the Xbox 360 is set to have full body motion sensing capabilities with no wires and nothing plugged into you in any way at all.

However, what do you do when something go wrong? Sometimes when you have to send your gadgets off for repair, it can cost more to repair it than it did to buy it initially. For many of the cases, it’s down to the way the product has been made and that’s how the problem has occurred. Although the Xbox 360 is a powerful console in which critics have named so far the best console of the new generation it does fail in one major thing. The three red rings. To any Xbox 360 owners, seeing the red rings is horrible because you basically have to hand over your wallet. If your Xbox warranty is still in place, you won’t have to pay for the repair, however, if it is, you generally have to pay around 50 to repair a problem that should never have been there.

It always used to be a rare occurrence if your N64 or Playstation 1 broke, however, we are still seeing the flow of broken Xbox’s, but we are also seeing Playstation 3’s and Nitendo Wii’s being sent away to be fixed. It could be down to more people are playing games due to the huge amount being released within the last few months, or, it could be down to the manufacturers not fixing the problems and just selling more machines.

There is a solution to this and it comes from gadget insurance. This can be purchased to cover up to five of any gadgets you can think of for just under 20 a month. The price may seem slightly high, but if you consider having to pay for just one gadget to be repaired each month, you would end up paying more. The primary reason is because the cost to repair gadgets, if you dropped your iPhone, you would get given a 100 pound repair bill. So if you consider the maths, insuring 5 gadgets for 20 pounds a month isn’t too much to pay to avoid paying 100 pound every time you drop your phone. As well as this when it comes to fixing consoles such as the Nintendo Wii it is actually cheaper to buy a new console than top fix it which again is going to cost you a whopping 180.

You are not required to insure 5 items if you don’t want to, you can simply pay for Xbox 360 Insurance separately. Unfortunately, many companies that offer home emergency insurance policies don’t cover your gadgets like iPods and gaming consoles.

Tags: iPhone, iPod, Nintendo Wii, Playstation, XBox 360

Vuzix iWear AV310 Widescreen Video Glasses

Today let’s talk about video sunglasses – maybe the coolest electronic gadget I have come across in ages. If you have ever had to endure long tedious travel by plane, bus or even as a passenger in a car then you have got to give the Vuzix iWear AV310 Widescreen Video Glasses a try.

People that are used to traveling learn how to enjoy flying, including the time it takes and the delays it can involve when things don’t go so smoothly. On a recent flight the fellow sitting next to me was wearing what can only be described as high-tech, space age sunglasses. He had them plugged into his iPod and was completely oblivious to me and everything else going on around him.

Later as we descended I asked what they were. He explained they were widescreen video glasses and when plugged into an iPod it was the same effect as watching a 52-inch high definition television screen. he was kind enough to let me try them briefly and experience it for myself.

It’s difficult to describe but it was quite amazing. I got a short trailer for the video game Call of Duty and the experience was like being in my own personal movie theater. They were comfortable to wear, lightweight and you can plug in the attached earphones and completely cut out the outside world. It really was a great way to aleviate a long boring flight and quite an experience having big screen video right before my eyes.

I asked a few questions after I took them off. He told me that these were Vuzix iWear AV310 Widescreen Video Glasses, they cost about $200, and they work with video game systems, laptops, DVDs and all sorts of other portable devices. Pretty cool and now I own a pair myself – any time I want big screen video entertainment I pull out my High Definition Video eye wear and dissapear into my own private theatre.

I had no idea virtual reality glasses existed but I am now stocking up my iPod with all sorts of videos and no longer dread all those long horrid business trips.

Tags: iPod, Sunglasses, Video Glasses, Vuzik iWear