Comments on: BlackBerry Launches Protect. Service Finds Lost Handsets, Saves Data

By: What Will RIM Unveil Besides BlackBerry OS 6?

What Will RIM Unveil Besides BlackBerry OS 6? — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:12:02 +0000

[...] for new devices. Perhaps media streaming or some other key differentiator along the lines of the recent BlackBerry Protect beta is in the works. I’ll find out tomorrow at the event, I suppose. We already know what you [...]

By: TimO

TimO — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:39:26 +0000

RIM is playing catch-up here.

I’ve been using Lookout for a while (see https://www.mylookout.com/) and this offers basically the same service: locate, anti-virus and backup (it doesn’t offer wipe, at least I’m not aware that it does).

There is also http://smrtguard.com/ (which I have seen reference to, but never used / looked at) which is in the same space.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:01:58 +0000

Having data on a portable device is only good if that deviced is backed up.Now days portable devices can be stolen andy time and one can also leave them when traveling.I have my iphone but when am traveling,i do not forget to make regular backups.I do backup all the data online with safecop online backup.So with my data backed up,am on a very safe side.Thanks for your post

By: Windows Phone 7 Embraces the Microsoft Cloud « Andy Poots’s Weblog

Windows Phone 7 Embraces the Microsoft Cloud « Andy Poots’s Weblog — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:24:31 +0000

[...] New to such integration is a Windows Phone Live website that sounds similar to the now-defunct-but-excellent Microsoft Kin Connect Studio concept — an online diary of photos taken with a WP7 handset, a synchronized list of phone contacts, calendar events and more. The new site will integrate with 25 GB of storage space on Microsoft’s Sky Drive platform, a cloud-based storage service. Windows Phone Live will also offer a Find My Phone service, much like Apple’s MobileMe feature and a similar solution announced by Research In Motion for BlackBerry devices just yesterday. [...]

By: Windows Phone 7 Embraces the Microsoft Cloud

Windows Phone 7 Embraces the Microsoft Cloud — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:17:16 +0000

[...] New to such integration is a Windows Phone Live web site that sounds similar to the now-defunct-but-excellent Microsoft Kin Connect concept — an online diary of photos taken with a WP7 handset, a synchronized list of phone contacts, calendar events and more. The new site will integrate with 25 GB of storage space on Microsoft’s Sky Drive platform, a cloud-based storage service. Windows Phone Live will also offer a Find My Phone service, much like Apple’s MobileMe feature and a similar solution announced by Research In Motion for BlackBerry devices just yesterday. [...]

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