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Windows Phone 7 tracks Customers says Lawsuit

Siddhartha Kumar — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:45:25 +0000

Bing Maps on Windows Phone 7

Remember news about the iPhone which claimed it tracking and storing customer data in a local file !Now a lawsuit filed in Seattle federal court Wednesday alleges Microsoft intentionally designed its Windows Phone 7 to track customers without their consent. (more…)

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FindMe by SMS beta5 – get GPS location of device by sending an sms to it

. Saijo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:37 +0000

FindMe by SMS

FindMe by SMS is a pocket pc software developed by adam2022 from xda-dev. It can be PIN protected so only those who know the PIN can find out the location. If PIN protection is enabled then the query SMS needs to inlude the PIN. eg: fm?1234

If GPS is not available then FindMeSMS replies with link that includes the CellID (telephone tower) information,
and clicking on the link in the SMS message will bring up a map showing location of the phone tower
with which the phone is communicating. Does not drain the battery. Only starts when SMS received, and stops running after sending response. Restarts automatically if phone is power cycled. Person whose location is queried is not alerted that their location is queried.

1. Install FindMeSMS on the Windows Mobile phone to be tracked.
2. Send SMS to the tracked phone. SMS message must have this code in it: fm?
3. Receive SMS reply. Click on the link in SMS reply to display map showing location.

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GPS Location 1.0 – SMS or Email your location on Windows Mobile

kinnikun — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:32:11 +0000

GPS Location 1.0

GPS Location, created by highway, is a free app used to send out your location to any of your contacts. You can send your location through SMS or email(PocketOutlook or Flexmail) and it will include a Google Maps link. GPS Location can also copy the coordinates to a clipboard to use for pasting in other parts of the OS. If you want to record your location for future reference, GPS Location can also create short notes of your location. Take GPS Location with you on your next vacation and see how useful it can be to inform others where you are.

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