"Microsoft My Phone" automatically backs up data and locks your phone remotely if stolen

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The My Phone application may be used with Windows Mobile 6 phones and is pre-loaded on most newer Windows® phones.

If the software is not already on your phone, enter http://myphone.microsoft.com/install into your mobile phone’s browser to download the software.

Once the software has been downloaded to your phone, select the "Microsoft My Phone" application from the Programs or Settings menu on your phone to complete setup.

After syncing, return to the web site (http://myphone.microsoft.com) at anytime to access all of your contacts, photos, text messages, and more.


Video: Microsoft My Phone lets you backup data, find your phone and share pictures.

Features of "Microsoft My Phone":

- Find your missing phone The My Phone service can show you the last known location of your phone on a map (based on where it last synced or shared photos using My Phone).

- Lock your lost phone - If your phone is lost or stolen, My Phone can help protect your information by remotely locking your phone or erasing its contents.

- Share photos to social networking sites - you can post photos to Facebook, Flickr, MySpace and Windows Live from your My Phone web account or phone.

- Save space on your phone - When you delete content from your phone, you can still access this content from your web account (until deleted from your archive folder).

However, only 200.00 MB are available in the online backup account of Microsoft My Phone.

Also, Microsoft made many of the remote/lost services listed above "Premium Features that you can try for free"

- Ring your phone
- Locate your phone on a map
- Lock your phone - Lock your phone so that it cannot be used by anyone else. You can also enter a message to display on your phone's screen to tell the finder how to contact you.
- Erase your phone - Erase your phone and storage card to ensure that your data is safe. Your phone will be restored to the factory default settings.