It also throws in a "Find my Phone" feature, a remote wipe and a camera option that will let you see your phone's front or rear camera views -- as well as snap pictures remotely and store them directly on your computer -- without activating the display (a very useful feature in case your prized possession gets stolen).
Mr. Lewis, the data forensic expert in New York, says he recently worked on one case where the spouse enabled the "find my phone" software on all of her family's smartphones, which lets you pinpoint the location of the phone using GPS. She quickly learned of her husband's frequent trips to an ATM, where he withdrew cash she didn't know about.
Instead, the startup has wooed users with a slick interface and free features like data backups and find-my-phone tools.
The trio went on to launch Lookout in 2007 and hooked users early with practical features like automatic data backups and find-my-phone capability.
"The best camera is the one you have on you" goes the refrain, so instead of having to pull out my cell phone and find the camera app to get that already gone shot of my 10-year-old, now it's easier.
After how frustrated I got switching between Yelp and Google Maps on my phone just trying to find a good bar to watch baseball (and drink, obviously), I would have loved for all this travel advice to be in one trusted place.
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Unlike calling your phone or using Apple's Find My iPhone service, neither a cellular nor Internet connection is required.
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For example, I have 3 or 4 apps on my phone telling me where I can find charging stations, but each has its own network.
Meanwhile, I can use the free GPS on my smart phone, which tends to find me a few blocks away from where I really am, but it gives me a route that takes me where I need to go.
Then there was the small matter of trying to explain to my mother's housekeeper over the phone how to find the website, the search terms to use.
Samsung's Find My Mobile Service ensures peace-of-mind by letting users remotely lock the phone at anytime, as well as trace the phone or remotely wipe its contents in case of loss or theft.
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Find My iPhone has a great feature: From the iCloud.com Web site, you can make the phone ping, very loudly, for two minutes, even if its ringer was switched off.
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You find people saying, 'I'd rather get a discount on my network subscription than take up a new phone.
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