iPhone 4 and 4S Cellhelmet Case Covered With Insurance

A new iPhone 4 and 4S case from Cellpig offers more than protection for the popular devices. This case actually comes with a year of insurance, allowing it to stand out from the wide array of cases available in the market.

The product is called the Cellhelmet. Made from thermoplastic polyurethane rubber (TPU), the so-called ruggedized case feels like a flexible type of rubber without the rigidity of plastic. It is designed to withstand possible damages such as being stepped on, dropped, or hit with a hard object, for which situations, the device will be covered with insurance.

However, this insurance does not cover water damage. In cases where the insurance covers the damage, users will have to file a claim through their 1-800 number, which will require a proof of purchase from a customer service representative.

The user will then send the phone to Cellpig along with a handling fee of $50, and they will fix the unit and send it back via UPS. Otherwise, if the damage is too extensive, they will replace the phone. This insurance also covers unlimited repairs as long as it is covered.

Apart from this durable protection, Cellpig is also concerned with aesthetics, and users will be happy to know that the design was made as less bulky and unattractive as possible. The case comes with interchangeable backplates, which comes in a rainbow of colors. The Cellhelmet retails for $44 and is available to US and Canadian residents.

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Apple fanatic NYPD cop gets back stolen Apple iPhone in record time

The cashier at a luxury clothing store in New York City, Tuci Italia, was taking a break, watching YouTube videos on her Apple iPhone with earphones on. A man walked into the store, pointed a gun at her, and demanded she turn over her iPhone. She handed over her handset and called the police. Responding to the call were Officer Robert Garland and Sgt. Richard Coan. Trying to calm the crying victim, Garland told her that he would get her iPhone back. The officer had a good reason to be confident since he and his wife are fans of all things Apple (both he and his wife own iPhones, iPads, and Macintosh computers) and he knew some apps that might be able to track down the purloined device.

Find my iPhone can help find a stolen unit
Wasting no time, the officer took out his Apple iPhone, loaded up the Find my iPhone app and punched in the victim's Apple ID number. Quickly, the officer was able to lock in on the suspect about 10 blocks away. Garland and his partner started up their patrol car and followed the suspect to a supermarket, the Food Emporium. Officer Garland pressed the "play sound" button on the app and instantly a pinging sound could be heard coming from a man outside the store, about 20 feet away from the officers.

Officers Garland and Coan along with two other policemen made the bust. 40 year old George Bradshaw was arrested and the Apple iPhone returned to the proper owner. Amazingly, the whole thing took only 30 minutes. Had Bradshaw been as knowledgeable about Apple as Officer Garland, he could have disabled the iCloud trace and would have been able to make a clean getaway. Instead, Bradshaw was charged with robbery and possession of stolen property.

Mattebox can teach the camera on your iPhone to do new tricks

That the camera on the iPhone 4S is pretty impressive is hard to deny. However, some photography enthusiasts would consider it a drawback that it doesn't offer much flexibility when it comes to adjusting its settings manually. That is where third party camera apps come into play, and Mattebox is one that deserves some attention.

What makes the app stand out is that while it can't allow tweaking the camera's ISO speed, exposure time, or focal distance manually, it allows the photographer to lock them at a certain value. It makes that possible with its innovative dual-stage shutter release feature – holding down the shutter locks the settings into place and sliding your finger captures the photo. Once the image has been taken, you can further adjust its exposure, white balance, saturation, or gamma by using the app's built-in controls. You can even save your adjustments as presets, which is kind of like having your own image filter.

Mattebox sure opens some possibilities for those who want to express their creativity via the art of photography. Strangely, however, it does not support flash photography at this time, yet the app's author intentionally left the feature out. The reason for that, he states, is "to emphasize available-light photography". Those who find potential in Mattebox can grab it from the App Store where it is available in exchange for $3.99.