Google launches Android Device Manager, lets you locate your misplaced droid

[mercurial]

Google launches Android Device Manager, lets you locate your misplaced droid

Google is about to launch its own service that lets you locate your misplaced Android device or protect your data and privacy in case it gets stolen. The service is dubbed Android Device Manager and will let you ring your phone at maximum volume so you can locate it, even if silent mode has been enabled.



In case the smartphone/tablet is not in your immediate vicinity, you will be able to locate it on a map in real time.

There’s also going to be an option to remotely erase all data on a phone that you are unable to retrieve or has been stolen. This means that you can prevent your sensitive private data from falling in the wrong hands.

The Android Device Manager service will be available later this month for devices running Android 2.2 or above. There will also be an Android app to allow you to easily find and manage your devices.

 

[nfbs]

Would be nice if it had tracking history in case the phone is off so I know where it was last.

 

[bwana]

Why did this take so long?

 

[kingrob]

Why did this take so long?

Because all the major manufacturers had their own apps?

 

[bwana]

Because all the major manufacturers had their own apps?

Fair enough, at least I'll be able to more easily track down the little one's Nexus 7 next time it's accidentally misplaced.

 

[biometrics]

Why did this take so long?

How long did copy & paste take Apple?

 

[bwana]

How long did copy & paste take Apple?

iOS was launched June 29, 2007 - just over four years ago (June 17, 2009) they released iOS 3, which contained copy and paste, so slightly under two years?

 

[ginggs]

How long did copy & paste take Apple?

Apple users are creative, don't need copy & paste.

 

[bwana]

Apple users are creative, don't need copy & paste.

And Android devices weren't worth looking for until now?

 

[biometrics]

And Android devices weren't worth looking for until now?

Ha ha. My iPhone 4 has been unused for 9 months. Note 2 ftw. Still using my iPad3 though.

 

[ginggs]

And Android devices weren't worth looking for until now?

It is still debatable.

 

[Sl8er]

And Android devices weren't worth looking for until now?

 

[kingrob]

And Android devices weren't worth looking for until now?

Half of an iPhone's components are from Samsung in any case, so iPhones and Android phones cost more or less the same to make.

Apple users are just dumb enough to pay twice or three times the price for the same product.