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Laptop Extended Warranty: sometimes worth it?

By
Eran Abramson
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I previously bought a Toshiba Laptop from Best Buy and added the extended warranty plan. Many argue that these service plans are expensive and unnecessary. In this particular instance, it was a lifesaver. While out of the country with the laptop, the CD player stopped reading any discs. The troubleshooting advice on Windows was an enormous waste of time, always resulting in either the same suggestion or unable to find the remedy. After many different unsuccessful troubleshooting so-called “solutions”, it was realized that an expert must diagnose the problem. It was found that the defect was within the electronic connection of the CD reader and the motherboard. As soon as I heard the word “motherboard” in the diagnostics, I felt that my wallet was going to get a lot lighter. When the quote came out, I noticed it was more than the laptop even cost me, and therefore somewhat considered a “total loss”.

Unfamiliar with the international coverage terms, I called Best Buy and was told the following: Since there weren’t any “authorized” repair locations for Toshiba in the country I was at, a professional quote was needed to prove the amount of repair. Once this is acquired, the refund would be the lower amount of either the repair or the original price of the laptop. I ended up receiving a company check for the entire laptop purchase. Besides the preliminary headache and time consumption, I was happy.

Is the argument against extended warranty purchase ALWAYS right?

note: I am not affiliated with neither manufacturer or retailer mentioned in this post.

Save your wet cell or PDA with Rice

By
Meir Warcel
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A cool trick we found that could have helped us in the past and may prove useful to you. If you spilled water on your phone, there is a very easy way to salvage it. Take out the battery and put the cell in a bowl of dry, uncooked rice overnight. The rice will absorb the water and moisture, and could possibly save your cell.

Any tricks that worked for you in the past?

Via: NTICWeb

Half a Lemon!

By
Eran Abramson
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Half A Lemon!A lemon is a product that is “sour”, malfunctions, and simply does not work as it is supposed to. With that, half a lemon is a product that works properly half the time. Also see Treadmill Malfunction. Many of our computers, Ipods, cell phones, digital cameras, and more have been half a lemon since the day of purchase. We spend so much money on these, and they work as promised only half the time. The notebook freezes, the Ipod skips without request, the camera is slow to delete a picture, and our cell phones drop a call. We have all been through this. After we buy an item, we are excited to get home and start using it. After some time, the problems begin. Some examples: our computer crashes, it does not boot up, it would not restart, the battery stops charging, the CD player cannot read the disc, and more. Since the problems do not all happen at the same time, we learn to put them aside and live with them…but why? What else is that when we finally decide that enough is enough, and it needs to be repaired, we realize the warranty expired a day before. We are in fact stating that it is OK as long as we do not own a lemon, but only half a lemon. But aren’t the two very similar?

Is it just me that feels we should get what we paid for?

All-In-One

By
Eran Abramson
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Our cell phones have so many features, but are they all really necessary?

Unlock your car with your cell phone!

By
Walyou
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We have heard of a nice trick to unlock your car using your cellphone. If you lock your keys in the car, whoever has the other set of keys may unlock it for you. The second person points the car remote to a phone and presses unlock, while the first holds their phone next to the vehicle. This will unlock the car for the one locked out.

For some people this has worked, while others argued it does not. We tried it with a Toyota Corolla, using Nokia cellphones and it worked. Try it and let us know if it works for you…if it did or didn’t, what phones and vehicles was it tried with, and the distance. Help us solve this mystery, and we will compile a list with successful combinations for others to view.

We found a few video demonstrations of this trick, watch one below.

Self-Powering Gadgets

By
Walyou
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Soon we might use screens that produce their own energy, according to the New Scientist those will double the capacity of our cellphone batteries.

Hello World, The Walyou Blog is Open!

By
Walyou
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We are working on the website and will update you on the progress. This blog will be used for information we would like to share with you:

  • In Announcements, we will keep you posted on anything that is new about Walyou.
  • Tips and Tricks consists of additional uses we have found for your products, whether it is a feature you didn’t know existed, or another way to use the product.
  • Discussions are aimed to begin conversations on important areas. This is the place to vent and share how you feel about the topic.
  • We use the term Tumbleweeds for anything we found that did not fit in the previous categories. Like Tumbleweeds are plants that break away from their roots and scatter their seeds far and wide, so is our string of short posts of pictures, links, videos and such that may be fun and informative.

You may find more information about us and even contact us through this blog.

Thank you,

The Walyou Team

Test Your Remote’s Batteries

By
Walyou
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Sometimes our Television does not respond to the remote. In some cases, we have seen our friends get up off the couch to try and get closer to the TV, hoping it will respond. They point the remote at the television…no response. They remove the battery cover, roll the batteries, hoping for a change…no response. Sometimes they even go as far as take the batteries out and switch between the two of them, again hoping for a change…no response. It is amazing that they would even get as close as a few inches away and instead of just switching the channel manually, they give up and decide to remain watching the show not interested in. We have a feeling our friends are not alone…

The few reasons the channels are not switching are: the batteries are dead in the remote, the remote is broken, or perhaps even the TV is malfunctioning. The thing is, if the batteries are dead, it is so easy to test it and resolve the problem. Dave’s Repair mentioned an easy way to do so by simply pressing the remote buttons pointing to a digital camera via Lifehacker. if you do NOT see the infrared light is lit through the LCD screen…then the batteries are bad and need replacing. If you do see the lights, then the batteries are good, and the Television or the remote may be broken. Here is a quick demonstration by the Walyou team.

Before After

This could also be used on other remotes, such as: stereos, air conditioners, etc.

We have also found this worked when using our cell phone camera.

Do Electronics’ User Manuals Help or Complicate?

By
Eran Abramson
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User manuals are given at the purchase of a new item. I look at this as if the responsibility has been diverted and is now our own. The companies may always say that full instructions have been provided at purchase, and they have fulfilled necessary or minimum requirements.

Consumerist mentioned a study (here) which illustrated that many returned items work properly, but the consumers have difficulties operating them correctly. This demonstrates how some of us have difficulties using our products, and the user manuals are not helping. Some of these are over 200 pages long. Who has the time to read that? This solution is awkward, makes it difficult to find the relevant areas, and mostly create more complexity.

My Dad found a shortcut and has never had to use a manual in his life. He takes the manual and gives it to me in order to explain to him only the features he is interested in. I showed him how to use the digital camera for the simplest functions, which are the only ones important to him personally, such as picture taking, zoom, review, delete, etc. On the other hand, my Mom taught me how to do my laundry without me having to read the manual. In this case, we have found ways to teach each other to use products each of us are familiar with. By sharing our knowledge, we have saved ourselves a lot of time.

As much as technology and innovation are supposed to simplify our lives, the products to do so are anything but. For this, assistance from others familiar with the products is much more beneficial.

Do you feel user manuals are helpful or just a complication? What is your solution?

Treadmill Malfunction

By
Walyou
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Sometimes our products don’t work like we expect. In the following funny commercial you see how an everyday product can give you a hard time.

note: we were not paid to post this commercial ;).

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