Impressed.
The features all work as promised and the response is quite snappy.

The process started off by entering my phone number on their web site after which I was sent a url which when clicked on downloaded the application on to my phone.
I was then requested by the application to create an account with some very simple details required. A verification e-mail was sent to me to which I replied. Then I was able to get going.

The anti-virus did a rather speedy scan of my phone once installed and came up clean.

The next item I was prompted for was to back up my data (Contacts etc.). This also went off without a hitch. A tip here : Do not include backing up your photos as this could turn into a lengthy operation. In all fairness this option is not selected by default and the application did warn me that backing up photos may take long. I was curious and wanted to test it though. The warning was correct so I switched off that option.

Once I had everything installed on my phone I headed over to their web site to test out some features.








The missing device feature did a reasonable job of locating my phone considering it is not equipped with a GPS. I was shown a display on a map of the location of my my phone which included an estimated accuracy of the relative position of my phone. It was actually very near to the mark.




The feature whereby I could trigger a remote alarm on my phone was probably the most fun to play around with. Once I clicked the button on the web site a few seconds later my phone started emitting a very loud wail. This is something which would annoy thieves, but could also come in very handy should I ever misplace my phone somewhere.

For obvious reasons I did not try the remote data wiping option.

I could access all my contacts on the web site which I had backed up earlier. There is an option to restore all of those contacts, even to for instance a new phone should the need arise.







Lookout mobile security is definitely worth it, and the best thing of all... Its free!