At&T rolls out Mobile Backup solution
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, July 25th, 2007 at 7:49 AM PST In AT&T, Announcements, Services
AT&T (NYSE: T) just announced a new service called AT&T Mobile Backup to allow its subscribers to store, update and access their contact information from the Web. Naturally, the idea is to eliminate the need to spend hours re-entering contacts into a new or replacement phone — or to delete all contacts remotely in the case a phone has been stolen or lost. In addition, the new service allows subscribers to import existing contacts from Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Outlook, Yahoo! and AOL through AT&T Mobile Backup website.
Interested? You’ll need one of the following six Motorola (NYSE: MOT) devices – RAZR V3xx, RAZR V3i, RAZR V3r, V365, SLVR L7 or KRZR K1, plus a will to pay $1.99 on top of your monthly bill.
Using services like ZYB and Mobical.net do the exact same thing, but won’t cost the ridiculous $1.99 a month. Too bad most people aren’t willing to spend a little time to get those services configured on their phones.