Re: I can't be the only one.

Many thanks to those who are replying.

I haven't been able to locate the phone. Yet. It was an HTC Razor, bought
in reaction to colleagues' banter: DO SOMETHING about that Motorola: press
any three buttons and something FALLS OFF IT.

Hey-ho,



On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:38 PM, William Bennett <[email protected]>wrote:

> I've just had my smartphone stolen.
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> I asked a friend to dial the number: I can hear it ringing.
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> Asked the police forensic expert - can it be triangulated? Yes, but
> (always there's a but). In the cities, where the uprights are in high
> concentration, triangulation can be accurate to within a couple of metres.
> In the country (where I live), with the uprights widely spaced, accuracy
> goes out to a couple of kilometres.
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> So I got to thinking. Isn't there an app, which, when installed on the
> phone, enables you to contact the phone (ie., it must merely be on), send a
> password/code (whether the phone is answered/not): the phone then takes a
> GPS reading and transmits it to the caller?
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> Or have I been reading too many sci-fi novels?
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> Any help etc.
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> Somewhat disgustedly,
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> William Bennett.
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