Thursday, September 18, 2003
PC PhoneHome For Pocket PC -- Software to Report Theft
Posted by Janak Parekh in "SOFTWARE" @ 03:00 PM
"Invested plenty in that new handheld, and want to protect it? PC PhoneHome, the maker of theft protection software for notebooks, is offering an answer at the TechXNY trade show here: PC PhoneHome for PocketPC, a version of the company's tracking software for handheld computers. The $29.95 program is based on PC PhoneHome's notebook application, which is designed to track, locate, and recover stolen devices, says Martin Moran, the company's co-founder and executive vice president. It works by sending a stealth e-mail to the device's owner once the missing device is connected to the Internet. That e-mail contains information that is then used to locate and return the missing item to its owner."
Sounds cool, although I'm not sure how effective this would be -- would it work over an ActiveSync 'net connection? If not, many Pocket PCs still don't get connected directly to the net.
Sounds cool, although I'm not sure how effective this would be -- would it work over an ActiveSync 'net connection? If not, many Pocket PCs still don't get connected directly to the net.
