Microsoft releases MyPhone and opens doors

Microsoft's My Phone has been in open beta for several months now. With today's Windows Mobile 6.5 launch, My Phone emerges with a few new features.

For those not familiar with My Phone, it is a mostly (details in a second) free, over-the-air backup system for your Windows phone. According to Microsoft, My Phone "is a service that helps users organize information, back up data and share information more easily between the Web and Windows phones."

Beginning today (Oct. 6, 2009), My Phone offers new security features. If you should lose your phone, you have the ability through the Web Portal to:

• Remotely lock your phone and display a "If found, contact ..." message
• Remotely erase your phone (i.e. hard reset)
• Map the last known location of your Windows Phone
• Ring your phone even if it's set to vibrate
• Find your phone's current location (i.e. real-time tracking)

Source: WMExperts