Sprint announced a new application
called Total Equipment Protection App for BlackBerry and Android that helps smartphone users locate a lost smartphone, remotely wipe data, remotely lock, erase contacts and backup data.
"Anyone who has lost a phone knows that their personal information is
possibly just as vulnerable as if their computer was hacked," said John
Carney, senior vice president of consumer marketing for Sprint.
The Protection App is included at no additional charge as a benefit of
Total Equipment Protection plan, which is $7 per month, per line of
service. It is available to customers with phones using BlackBerry and
Android mobile platforms. TEP customers download and install the
user-friendly application at www.sprint.com/protection.
Features of Protection App:
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Locate lost device by sounding an alarm on the smartphone even if in
silent mode, doing a real time locate via GPS technology, or viewing
the smartphone's location history on a map via a Web Interface. - Remotely lock smartphone.
- Erase contacts in the address book on a lost smartphone.
- Backup, manage and restore contacts.