Comments on: Protecting your mobile artillery

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:51:12 +0000

Today i bought tiny plastic for the screen.Hope it will help to protect scratches!

By: Luis

Luis — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:17:14 +0000

Nice article,thanks

By: Brazzers

Brazzers — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:05:07 +0000

Yep, more often than you know

By: iamian

iamian — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 04:42:13 +0000

Yep, more often than you know

By: Acacia

Acacia — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:12:32 +0000

Not bad, it really can occur

By: The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Managing the Danger: Week of 1/07/07

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:41:41 +0000

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By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:13:24 +0000

Got your life on your handheld? Then you know you could lose it all in an instant, unless you take steps to protect yourself.
If you are really serious about protection I strongly recommend you consider a tuff as nuts leather case from Nutshell.
These reinforced, real leather cases are available in a wide range of sizes; from belt cases for nano up thru smartphones and PDAs to larger reinforced leather carry cases and portfolios for Tablet PCs. They have been developed to provide strong, long lasting stylish protection for most every mobile info-tool available.
Not the cheapest on the block, but a Nutshell belt case is fast being recognized as one of the best “must have” items in any serious web-workers toolkit.
Check them out at tuff-as-nuts.com

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:51:19 +0000

Neoprene for laptops is good for scratches, but won’t help if it falls. After the first time I dropped my laptop bag and dented it I found the zeroshock notebook sleeve from shinza.com. There’s a double wire through the sleeve that will be impacted first if your laptop drops at an angle. Once in the sleeve I just throw my laptop in any old bag with no worries. (The only caveat with these sleeves is you don’t want them to get too hot, or they lose their stiffness and become less effective – no using this as a barrier between a hot computer and your lap, for example).
Has anyone ever used a toughbook? I read about them all the time but don’t know anyone who actually has one. Curious.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:08:27 +0000

Backing Up is the most important thing. My horror story is that I went to change a file name once and the file bacame corrupt. It was the culmination of almost a years worth of work and I could not restore it or turn back my computer. Nothing fixed it. I’m not an alcoholic but I said screw it and started drinking. By 11am I was very drunk. Then I decided to look back at some old CDs and realized I had backed up my computer the Friday prior and I was saved, drunk but saved.
That weekend I went out and purchased a 120gig external hard drive and now back up my computer and all my data every day at 6pm (as long as my laptop is connected). It is automaticaly done and now I feel a lot better about taking my computer out and about.

The lesson is, Always Back Up.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:43:31 +0000

I highly recommend the “Invisible Shield” which is available at ShieldZone.com.

I use them to protect the screen of all my electronics including MP3 player, Portable DVD Player, Cell Phone, Digital Camera. They go on easy and they are incredible at protecting the screen.

By: 2BFrank

2BFrank — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 15:04:43 +0000

I find the iPod socks pretty handy for my iPod, HTC Atemis phone, and mouse. Hey, you’ve got five, so why not? I’m not really a dropper of stuff, so this is good enough.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:54:47 +0000

For mobile phones, PDAs, iPods and so on, I highly recommend Crystal Cases. I got myself one (via eBay) and am pretty happy with it, although it gets some tiny scratches with the time. Make sure to get the right one, so it fits your device. You could also check out Silicone Cases, but they usually don't cover the display.

By: manaretta

manaretta — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:46:40 +0000

With our wireless mouse, we store it in a large clam-like glasses case (it’s a smaller model mouse). The case gives you a hard shell to protect the mouse and limits the room the mouse can rattle around in. We have yet to have any problems with said mouse (we have had it about 6 months).

By: Matt Large

Matt Large — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:19:34 +0000

On the wireless mouse front all I would suggest is that you do at least place it in a small bag or wrap it up somehow before throwing it in your main bag. I’ve had problem with a Microsoft Laser Mouse getting a lot of dust and stuff in it, from rattling around in my bag, which has made it less accurate (something that you don’t notice is happening until it’s really bad and then wonder how you’ve put up with it for so long). This also stops bits and bobs getting in and clogging up the wheel.