September 8, 2008 2:23 PM PDT

Maverick Mobile secures lost or stolen phone data

by Elinor Mills
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SAN DIEGO--For most of us, if we lose our cell phones our mobile data is at risk of exposure by whoever finds or steals the phone.

Maverick Mobile announced a new application at DemoFall on Monday that helps people locate their lost or stolen phone, as well as track the phone, retrieve the phone book, and disable the device remotely.

If the SIM card is replaced, the application sends information about the new account, as well as call logs and messaging history, to a remotely controlled reporting device that helps the owner track down the phone.

All the contacts can be remotely transmitted from the phone to its owner via SMS using the data plan of the thief.

The owner also has the ability to annoy the heck of whoever is trying to use the phone, and render it unusable by remotely setting off a loud alarm to play on the device or disabling the phone. The only way to stop the alarm is to take the battery out, but then it will continue playing if the battery is put back in, said Sujit Jain, chief executive and founder of Maverick Mobile.

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service, and the Associated Press. E-mail Elinor.
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by mobietech October 2, 2008 8:04 AM PDT
HI,
By seeing this article I felt really sorry on the entire story.
There was a company call Innova Technologies with for which maverick used to distribute the product. They copied the concept of a product which was launched more then 1 and half year back. The Funny part is they were distributing the application call VMS from innova Technologies. And got an award for a copied concept.
Media reports of VMS launch are as below.

http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/08/stories/2007060818750200.htm

http://technotricks.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/software-that-track-your-mobile-phone/

To see the entire application features and in action.
Go to search http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx
See who were distributing VMS the same company. On the demo site http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2008fall/147371.html they say no Competitors which are totally false. It?s all open and clear with proofs
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by mobietech October 2, 2008 8:42 AM PDT
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx type VMS in search and see the video
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by surbab May 1, 2009 4:53 AM PDT
hey i read about a new website community service started for those who lost your mobiles. it is www.lostmymobile.com . it says we can give particulars about the lost mobile and there are chances we might get our mobile phone back...thought i would share it with you
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by karen-mobile August 27, 2009 2:59 PM PDT
Sounds very interesting indeed!
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