HTCSense.com is live, does sync, remote lock and more
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HTCSense.com is now available for owners of the upcoming HTC Desire HD and Desire Z smartphones. It's meant to be an online dashboard for your device and includes features such as contacts and SMS sync, remote locking and wiping, app recommendations and more.
The service has some neat tricks up its sleeve. There are two ways of locating your device in case you've misplaced it: you can either make it ring (and this happens even if the phone is set to vibrate or silent mode), or see its whereabouts on a map. If you discover you've forgotten it somewhere, you can make the phone show a reward message in case someone notices it. Alternatively, you can remotely lock it or, if you're certain that it has been stolen, remotely wipe it.
Using the Footprints tab in HTCSense.com, you can add places you'd like to go to on the integrated Google map, and have those pushed to your device. No need to plan every trip on your phone anymore.
Contacts sync is included too, and works just as you'd expect. You can also create new contacts and edit existing ones from the website.
The SMS functionality is rather interesting, because not only does it automatically store every text message you send or receive 'in the cloud', it also lets you easily send and receive texts in the Web interface itself — and your message history is kept even if you change your phone.
There's a section that features app recommendations, and one that allows you to personalize your device without ever touching it. You can choose wallpapers, sounds, widgets and themes from your Web browser and they get pushed to your device.
The folks over at PocketNow.com have managed to get a sneak peek inside HTC's new service and have created a walkthrough video that is waiting for you after the jump.
HTCSense.com is live, does sync, remote lock and more
Fuente: Download Squad
