Technology | Electric Picnic tech tips from Carphone Warehouse

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It is Picnic time! and here are few tips from the team at Carphone Warehouse to ensure you stay connected with friends and make the most out of the last festival of summer 2014!

• Battery life is key to ensuring you stay connected with friends – try turning screen brightness down, close all apps that you won’t need and turn off Bluetooth and any push notifications before you set off for the weekend!

• Portable Chargers: If using your battery is important and you don’t want the stress of worrying, Carphone Warehouse has a range of portable chargers available instore and on www.carphonewarehouse.ie. The Juice Portable Power Cube has 8 different phone connections, so you can also help out your fellow festival revellers – RRP: €29.99

• If you own a lovely new smartphone and you want to enjoy all the festivities without worrying, Carphone Warehouse have extremely affordable pre-pay deals on offer – Samsung E1200 for €19.99 or Nokia N100 for €24.99 – this will help erase the fear of losing your shiny new smartphone!

• Electric Picnic is vast and sometimes finding ones tent can be tricky… Download a torch app on your phone to help you find your tent when it’s dark. Carphone Warehouse favourites are iTorch Flashlight for Apple and Brightest Flashlight for Androids.

• Lifeproof Cases: These cases will help protect your smartphone against most things life can throw at it, and at festivals they would help protect against the following… rain, mud, shock, drops, spills… the list could go on!

• Hate missing out on the must-see gigs of the festival? Screenshot the lineup so that it is saved in images and you don’t eat up battery life or rely on network coverage down at the festival to gain access!

• Capture the memories… They say a picture is worth a 1000 words so make sure to turn off the flash when capturing artists onstage for the must-have shot of the weekend – it can also eat up battery life and there will be plenty of photo opportunities throughout the festival weekend.

• Last but certainly not least… those all-important baby wipes! Essential for the best festival experience!