Microsoft My Phone helps find a lost HTC Pure

By on Dec 26, 2009 at 9:22 AM
General December 26, 2009

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It is a slow post-Christmas Saturday, a perfect day for a feel-good piece courtesy of CBS News and Microsoft. The short video segment showcases the Microsoft My Phone service which, amongst other things, allows users to locate and retrieve a lost mobile phone. Watch as host Natali DelConte tosses her AT&T HTC Pure into the back of a cab as it drives straight into the heart of New York City. Laugh Be concerned when the GPS signal fails and the phone is no longer traceable, seemingly lost forever. Smile when her phone is returned to her, not through some fancy GPS locating service, but through the kindness of others who responded to her phone’s “I’m lost, call Natali” distress message. No, it’s not the caliber of It’s a Wonderful Life but for a tech blog on a Saturday, it is about as heart-warming as you can get. Video after the break

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  • tome

    help….
    Where to download BlackBerry Storm2 9550 User Guide?
    BlackBerry Storm2 9550 User Guide, i want to download User Guide for my storm2 9550…but why it can’t work??
    http://www.verizon-cellphones.org/verizo…

  • tome

    help!!!
    Where to download BlackBerry Storm2 9550 User Guide?
    BlackBerry Storm2 9550 User Guide, i want to download User Guide for my storm2 9550…but why it can’t work??
    http://www.verizon-cellphones.org/verizon-blackberry-storm2-9550-user-guide-download.html

    • rederikus

      Also try crackberry.com

  • warhed

    go to blackberries website, TOME! or just play with it, best way to learn about it.
    f.y.i.-should of gotten something else other than a RIM POS (IMHO). ;-)
    hope you find it!

  • warhed

    Instead of having to go through all that just lock your freaken phone so if someone finds it they can’t use it! A lot of people wont return your phone anyways….

  • JakeyBoy

    The Jews are having no slow down of news….

    • BenDaaho

      What the F()ck are you talking about?

      • JakeyBoy

        What? You don’t know what Jews are? Look it up, then you will see why Christmas isn’t a holiday for them…

  • stab244

    Isn’t there also something like this for webOS as well?

  • John L

    holy shi* she’s hot

  • Perspective

    Yeah who would want a “Windows phone” back anyway?

  • WinstonSalemDroid

    Droid has…Where’s My Droid….wakes it up from sleep and can ring at full volume up to 5 min. Also they have a GPS trackers as well…….so woopdeee dooooo.

  • cnote221

    as nice of a idea this is its pointless… you cant change peoples intent. If someone was going to give the phone back. They’d answer the first call that comes in saying “hi i found a phone I’m at Circle K if if you want to meet”

  • sikkboy

    I think I’d rejoice if I lost that phone….

  • BM

    MotoBLUR has this feature as well. I already used it to locate my lost CLIQ.

  • erphan

    uhh can someone remind me what Find My iphone is for? except of course I have to pay $99 a year for it lol. MS

  • Mike S.

    Not unique to Microsoft…
    Both my BlackBerry and my iPhone can do this. I can have them play a tone, flash a message, send its GPS location, or – if I fear never getting the phone back – wipe its memory remotely.

  • Lost Ass

    Help I can’t find my ass!!!

  • http://t3chboii.blogspot.com/ t3chboii

    thats cool atleast she didnt really lose it

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    thanks that good
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