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Living in a large city such as London is both rewarding and stressful. I guess we all know that, but I was still kinda surprised to learn that dozy Londoners have left a whopping 55,843 mobile phones and 6,193 other handheld devices in the back of black cabs.
Credant Technologies carried out the survey amongst London’s licensed cabbies, and pointed out that these people [who have forgot their devices] may have stored up to 10,000 Word documents, 11,000 pictures, 500,000 contact details or 1.1 million emails in their now lost devices.
To be fair, the company also stated that there’s a 80% chance that your forgotten device will be returned to you, so if you’re not working with sensitive documents that’s almost a non-issue. At the same time, the report says that if you happen to lost your phone/PDA in a New York, the chances of retrieving a lost device are 66%…
[Via: The Inquirer]
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
