Scenario: You’ve just bought a new phone. You’ve paid out arse for it despite getting the $200 discount for signing a new 2-year contract. It’s gorgeous, cutting edge and you can’t help but hold it everywhere you go so you can use it at a moment’s notice.

Some bastard walking around the corner bumps right into you while you’re texting your friend’s saying you need every last detail of their contact info to drop into your new phone. Bam, your new gadget goes flying out of your hand and sliding across the ground after hitting no less than two corners, one wall and something sharp.

Luckily your phone remains intact but then you realize there is a gaping scratch the size of the Hudson River across your shiny new screen and there’s literally a chunk or plastic missing out of the corner of your phone.

Scenario 2: Same arse bumps into you. Your phone goes flying. You pick up your phone after giving said arse a dirty stare. You pick up your phone and smile because there isn’t a single scratch on it. You thank yourself for having purchased a BodyGuardz scratch-proof transparent skin which uses the toughest film on the market and requires no special care or maintenance. You walk off in untouched glory.

What this means to you: We’ve been using the BodyGuardz on our Treo, iPhone and iPods here at GP for a month now and cannot tell you how many times it’s saved our gear from the treachery that is, New York streets. They’re available for everything from your iPod to your digital camera. Forget the extended warranty, get BodyGuardz.

Cost: ~$25 @ BodyGuardz