CTIA: Sprint Announces 'Sprint Guardian' Bundles

Today at CTIA, Sprint announced the launch of the Sprint Guardian bundles on Android devices for summer 2012 through Sprint Zone. Sprint Guardian helps parents manage how their children are using their mobile phone and gives them the tools they need to protect their wireless devices from theft, loss and malware.

Personally.. these 'addons/bundles' are pretty expensive in this blogger's opinion. See details below:

Sprint Guardian Bundles:

• Sprint Guardian features 2 bundles of mobile applications from Safely and Lookout: Family Safety and Family Device Security.
  
  
  
  • Family Safety Bundle:
    
    
    
    • Sprint partnered with Safely to bring together 3 apps to help parents keep their kids safe:
      
      
      
      • Sprint Mobile Controls: Clearly understand your child’s talk, text and app use habits. Lock your child’s phone on demand or schedule locks.
      
      
      
      
      
      
      • Sprint Drive First: Automatically locks your teenagers’ mobile phones when they’re traveling over 10 mph and unlocks when they stop driving.
      
      
      • Sprint Family Locator: Quickly and easily locate your family members on an interactive map.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • The Family Safety bundle will be available for $9.99 per month for up to 5 lines on the same account.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Family Device Security:
    
    
    
    • Sprint has partnered with Lookout to offer a suite of services that protects mobile phones and tablets from threats like identity theft and fraud, loss of the device.
      
      
      
      • Security: Protect smartphones from evolving mobile threats including malware, spyware, phishing and malicious websites.
      
      
      • Missing Device: Find a family member’s lost phone on a map, sound an alarm, and lock or wipe your device to protect personal information.
      
      
      • Management: Easily protect and manage their family’s mobile devices at mylookout.com, including backing up photos, contacts and call history.
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Family Device Security will be available for $4.99 per month, or up to $49.99 per year, for up to five lines on the same account.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

What you need to do:

• Watch for additional information at launch later this summer.


• Sprint Guardian Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur0eo6o_1uI