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Microsoft is announcing today 4 new premium features for the MyPhone service for $4.99. Those 4 features are: - Ring Your Phone: Lets you remotely ring you…

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Microsoft is announcing today 4 new premium features for the MyPhone service for $4.99. Those 4 features are:

Ring Your Phone: Lets you remotely ring you device so it’s easier for you to find it incase you misplaced it somewhere.

Locate your phone: If somebody has stolen your phone (and was dumb enough not to turn it off..)This feature will enable the GPS receiver on your device and show it on a map

Lock your Phone: This will lock your phone a display a message (it can be your name and contact information) in case you lost your phone and somebody finds it.

Erase your phone: Remote wipe your phone (the best of the 4 features IMO)

All those features are free to trial for 60 days and will cost you $4.99 afterwards. But you will still be able to use one of the four feature after the trial perioide (before paying $4.99)

Source: Microsoft

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