[Mogul, XV6800 General] kmartburrito:
Hey all,

I'm not usually a person who will just plug random commercial software, but I came across some software that I felt compelled to share with all of you, since we now have GPS, and this could be very useful in the event that you lose your phone, and aid you in having the local authorities get your phone back.

It's called "Sprite Terminator," and it's from the same company who brought you Sprite Backup, which if you haven't used it yet, you should buy it. It's the simplest, most effective backup solution for Windows Mobile I've ever used.

Anyway, on to the meat and potatoes as they say :)

Sprite Terminator will allow you to do many things with your phone in the case of loss or theft. the program installs, and runs in the background at all times. you can send it an SMS message with a special command, your password you set, and then the action you would like it to perform.

For example, if I send a text message to my phone that looks like this:

spritecmd (password) gps

it will reply to me with a CLICKABLE LINK that takes me to google maps and shows me exactly where my phone is!!!!!

The other options are that you can completely wipe your phone and storage card clean, you can lock your phone so that no calls can be made, you can unlock it, you can change the password, you can get your call log sent to you to see what calls have been made since you lost it, the list goes on...See the bottom of this post for an excerpt straight from the company.

Even better is that it's completely unapparent on my mogul. the program intercepts the SMS so you never see it at all on the phone.

Better yet is that having this installed has not increased my powerdrain (If you know me you know I'm very anal about how much battery power my mogul is using at all times) and it doesn't seem to affect my amount of RAM either, or else it's extremely negligible.

All in all, 15 bucks for this isn't too bad!! :)

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Here's an excerpt of the features from their site, which is located at

http://www.spritesoftware.com/store...MoreLink&utm_campaign=Terminator-HMP-MoreLink

When will Terminator save you?

* Find your lost phone using GPS - See exactly where your phone is and track it.

* Lost or Stolen Phone - Remotely Lock or Wipe it

* Decommissioning a phone for re-cycling or resale - Don't risk leaks or embarassment

Why should I care?

Personal or Corporate Data on Smartphones means you risk your privacy and/or your company’s confidential information. According to the Gartner Group, over 250,000 cell phones and PDAs are lost or stolen at airports every year, and only 25 to 30 percent of them ever make it back to their rightful owners.

Key Features

* Locate your phone using GPS - See exactly where your phone is and track it on via Google Maps, or Virtual Earth.

* Set and Forget – Once configured, Sprite Terminator is unobtrusive and can only be uninstalled with the correct password

* Remote Delete – Send an SMS message to initiate the wipe operation including all external storage cards

* Remote Lock-Down – Send an SMS message to lock all functionality or re-set the device master password

* SIM Change Alert – Receive a notification SMS message if the SIM card has been changed

* Activity Retrieval – Send an SMS message to retrieve call log entries

* Supports all Windows Mobile 5 & 6 Phones