Cellphones secured by design

Cellphones secured by design

If you're forever leaving your cellphone on the kitchen table or bus, you may have use for a Bluetooth device that immediately sounds an alarm and locks the phone if the two gadgets move beyond a set distance apart. The device also regularly backs-up data from the phone, and would alert you if a thief were to make off with your handset.

Dubbed the "i-migo" (pictured), it's one of three designs to win the UK's Mobile Phone Security Challenge to design crime-proof cellphones.



The other winners include an authentication card which approves small payments made via the cellphone when it is swiped across the handset, and a method to marry a handset to a specific SIM card, thereby reducing the appeal of stolen handsets.

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