Mobile theft victims will thank Paul for the memory

AN Irish invention will spare mobile phone users the tedium of having to key in their numbers again to a new phone when their original handset is lost or stolen.

Thousands of people lose precious contact numbers when their handset goes missing or is taken, but a new memory chip is being worked on by business people here that will store the numbers forever in the phone’s charger.

The invention involves putting the chip in the charger. And this simple technology is not expected to dramatically increase phone prices. The charger was dreamed up after the friend of Irish inventor Paul Stokes had his phone stolen in a pub. Mr Stokes believes the new charger will come as a welcome relief to everyone who has lost precious mobile information.