Samsung "Hero" anti-theft phone for India
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Jun 23rd 2006 at 1:02PM
We've seen some third-party solutions for this, but Samsung has taken phone theft prevention to the next level in India, adding a "Mobile Tracker" feature to its new SCH-S109 Hero low-end candybar. With its 128 x 128 black and white display the phone itself doesn't seem likely to turn any heads, but in the unlikely event it catches the eye of a hard-up bandit, the Hero will silently send out two text messages to numbers programmed in by the phone's rightful owner as soon as the SIM gets swapped. The text messages contain the new SIM's phone number, so even if you can't get the phone back, you can heckle the thief at all hours of the day and night. The Hero is dropping as we speak on India's Tata Teleservices network; if it's a commercial success, we'll hopefully have some happy endings to report from the other side of the world.[Via textually.org]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RAJ @ Nov 6th 2008 11:23AM
hello
my samsung sch-s109 mobile phone is locked.
what i do
please help me
pradeep kumar @ Nov 15th 2008 1:07AM
my samsung mobile sch s-109 tataindicom set is locked, please help me.
digitalfreeze @ Jun 23rd 2006 11:30PM
hmmm copy of hacked motorola itunes "sms alarm"?
sai pavan @ Nov 29th 2006 1:23AM
i ve purchased samsung hero its good upto some extent but the software is not to good .the ram is poor,the software gets stuck more often and gets installed very late after switching it on.
bhavesh @ Dec 15th 2006 11:29PM
how much sms stores?
HARESH BURAD @ Sep 29th 2007 5:37AM
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