Mobile Defense for Android (Free)

A company by the name of Neevo has developed an application for the Android mobile phone operating system that allows you to not only track where your phone is in real time, but also disable it, set off an alarm and send a message of your choice to whomever may have it.  Also in the works is the ability to remotely backup and restore your phone’s content.  It’s currently in beta, so once it goes to alpha a service fee my be implemented.

The application is called Mobile Defense and you can download it free from the marketplace. Once you install it you are prompted to go to a web site on your computer to register and activate the service.  The program then remotely connects to your phone and shows you where the phone is using either the network or the GPS and overlays it onto Google Maps.  With one click you can disable the phone, even if someone has put a different SIM card in it.  Once the application is activated, it no longer appears in your applications list to prevent anyone from knowing it is there.

This is perfect for a lost or stolen phone.  A feature I like is the alarm. When you activate this the phone will produce the same sound as a car alarm and keep sounding as long as the phone is on and has battery life to sustain it or someone presses the close button.  Eliminates the need to borrow your friend’s phone to repeatedly call you phone trying to hear the ring.  Perfect for those mornings when you can’t find your phone when you were sure you laid on the bathroom sink while you were praying to the porcelain gods.

Another feature is the ability to send an alert of your choosing with your contact information remotely in case someone stole… I mean found your phone.  So you could send a pop up that said something like “Thanks for “finding” my phone, you can contact me at (email here)” or whatever message you like.

The Motorola CLIQ from T-Mobile has a similar feature called Motoblur.  I’m glad to see Android has one as well.  If nothing else it will be great to be able to remotely backup your phone’s information in case you loose your phone and simply restore the replacement to the exact same settings.