5 Mobile Apps To Help You Recover Your Lost or Stolen Phone
In recent years, mobile phones have become so pervasive to a point where they have become extensions to people’s lives and almost impossible to imagine life without them. Yet, it seems that the number of mobile phones brought to the market is almost directly proportional to the number of mobile phone thieves. In the UK for instance, the telegraph recently reported that according to official figures, there are about 264 cases of mobile phone theft reported to the police everyday. In the United States, according to the Associated Press, cellphone thefts in Los Angeles account for more than a quarter of all the city’s robberies has gone up 27 percent in comparison to the previous year. In South Africa, although there are no official data from the police on this issue, mobile phone theft is also a serious problem. Therefore, with that in mind, here are 5 awesome apps to help you track and recover your lost or stolen mobile phone.
1. Find my iphone: Works on Apple devices.
This app works across all the Apple devices (iphone, ipad, ipod touch..) — it helps locate any of your Apple devices on a map. Find my iPhone also allows for a remote deletion of your personal information when your phone has been stolen. For a comprehensive review of the app, and how you can download the app find out more here.
Limitation: only works on Apple devices.
2. LookOut : Works on Android and iPhone devices
LookOut also allows for locating, tracking, remote locking or / and deletion of your private information when the device has been stolen. For an in depth review on how you can install it, find out more here.
Limitation: The application is free, but most of the functions are available for premium users.
3. Blackberry Protect: Works only on Blackberry
Some blackberry users might be familiar with this feature because it comes preinstalled on most newer blackberry phones. This app also allows for tracking and locating the stolen or misplaced phone on a map and also allows for device locking to prevent your data from getting in the wrong hands.
Limitation: Only available for blackberry users.
4. Find my phone : Works on Windows phone 7 / 8
Find my phone is a feature included in windows phones 7.8 and allows for tracking . locating and pretty much perform similar functions as all these other apps.The only limitation is that it’s also only available on the windows phone platform and you have to got through a few processes to activate the feature.
5. Cobra Tag: Android, blackberry, apple devices (iphone/ipad).
The really cool thing about this application, is that it’s a really goes beyond mobile phones and becomes useful for just any other valuables that might get lost or stolen like keys, bicycles.
Let us know (in the comment section), what ‘security’ application you currently use on your phone and why.