Losing Your Phone: The Fear

[Kris Kumar]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000993032986/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000993032986/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Apparently one in three women surveyed by Intervoice believe if they lost their phones—their address books, in all reality—that they’d lose contact with people entirely. ... Then again, if you actually believe that once you’ve lost your phone that your social life ends, well, just ask anyone; we’ve all lost a phone, and we’re all still kickin’ it for real. We can definitely say that the only thing truly scary about losing your phone is having to buy a new one without carrier subsidy—good god!"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-Jan05-CellphoneMissing.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />Mike had recently <a href="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=50568">asked</a> our readers what they liked the most about Windows Mobile Smartphone. And one of the most liked feature is the sync capability, which really helps us in maintaining one address book. 8) Unlike the people in the survey by <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4287357.stm">BBC News,</a> I am more concerned about losing an expensive phone, that has a lot of personal data from my driver's license to credit card numbers. And another thing that concerns me is that I have put in a lot of effort customizing the phone to my needs and I will have to start all over again. What do you fear the most about losing your Smartphone?

[Jerry Raia]

The biggest fear about losing my MPx220 would be that I might find it!

[altden2002]

if you actually believe that once you’ve lost your phone that your social life ends, well, just ask anyone; we’ve all lost a phone, and we’re all still kickin’ it for real

Logical fallacy - those who have died because of it are not around ot tell the story.

[Mike Temporale]

I'm not scared of loosing any part of it. I have backups, and I sync all the time. What would get me upset? Loosing the money I spent on it, and knowing that I would have to shell out more coin to get another one. Hey, these things aren't cheap!

[Jerry Raia]

You could just learn to live without it too ya know. :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

You could just learn to live without it too ya know. :lol:

Noooooooooo!! It's not possible. :worried: Perhaps you don't realize how much I rely on my devices for contact, appointments, and email.

[Jerry Raia]

That brings up another issue. In the states here we can add phone insurance to our cell bills. Do you have that up in Canada?

[Mike Temporale]

Hrm, Maybe. I don't think so. I haven't been offered it, or seen it on any forms. Of course, I'm not using the carriers phone anyway, so it wouldn't be much benefit to me anyway. :wink:

There are some companies that sell insurance. We've posted about them in the past. I can't think of the name or price, but it's not something I'm really fond of doing.

[Jerry Raia]

I've never gotten it myself. I just carry a cyanide pill. If I ever lost anyone of my gadgets I will just bite down on the pill. :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

I've never gotten it myself. I just carry a cyanide pill. If I ever lost anyone of my gadgets I will just bite down on the pill. :lol:

You won't do that twice! :wink:

[BR]

LOL . . . :lol:

[Mark Larson]

I would probably cry if I lost my cellphone. Pay $$ for a new one, buy a new SIM, what a hassle.

Funny how attached we get to our possessions. :oops:

[Kris Kumar]

Funny how attached we get to our possessions. :oops:

Oh yes, we do. :? :lol:

[Jerry Raia]

Eh I don't need em. I can take em or leave em. No way I need these toys, No way. 8O

[Kris Kumar]

Eh I don't need em. I can take em or leave em. No way I need these toys, No way. 8O

Is that so? How about you empty your pockets right now. Let's see what you have? :lol:

:rotfl:

[Jerry Raia]

Now how did all that suff get there?? :worried: