Technology experts find new ways to keep phones safe

Every smart phone owner dreads losing it, given its cost and prestige.

Most users also store considerable amount of information in their hand-held devices, with some people using them as mobile offices.

The loss of vital information like contacts and recorded schedules coupled with the emotional stress of losing a valuable item can weigh down on users for a long time.

But technology experts are increasingly coming up with new innovations to provide security for hand held devices and laptops.

The latest to grace the market is the gadget Zomm by the company formed just over a year ago under the same name.

Zomm is a new technology, fresh in the digital market, that helps smart phone users ensure they have their gadgets with them at all times.

It is small, circular in design and with a diameter of about two inches and about half and inch wide functioning by blue tooth technology.

The device is attached to a key chain or carried in the pocket by the user and is programmed to sync with the users hand held device via blue tooth.

When the phone is out of a preprogrammed circumference, by default 30 centimeters, Zomm will vibrate, flash and then literally scream out an alarm.

Besides acting as a digital leash for the phone, Zomm also acts as a panic button for users in emergency situations.

When the user presses a button on the device for nine seconds, it lets out an alarm notifying those around of the emergency situation.

Continued pressing will further prompt the device to automatically call a pre -programmed emergency number of the user’s choice.

This cutting edge technology retails for around Sh6,400 but is yet to be unveiled in the Kenyan market.

Zomm follows in the wake of other innovations developed to allow mobile users to keep tabs on their phones.

Mobile Tracker is one such technology from Samsung introduced in the Kenyan market several years ago to provide a security solution for its customers.