Originally published December 8 2005
CellStik backs up cell phone data
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Spark Technology has released the CellStik, a keychain-sized device that has two connectors (for a cell phone and a standard USB) to back up contacts with a single button.
Available for LG, Samsung, and Motorola cellular phones, the CellStik looks like your average USB keychain drive, but when you take off the protective plastic caps, you'll find two connectors: one for the cell phone, the other for standard USB.
Once connected to your cellular phone, you push the button labeled "Save to CellStik".
This transfers as many as 1,000 contacts to the flash memory of the unit, which can later be transferred to a computer, and edited with Spark's CellStik Central application.
After that, the edited contacts can be transferred back to the old phone, or to some other phone.
Randy Lee, Spark's vice president of marketing and business development, told TG Daily it's much easier to type in your contacts on your desktop computer rather than the small cellphone keypad anyway.
"There is no more hassling with the cell phone keyboard," Lee said.
Lee also told us he's been contacted to determine whether the CellStik has any applications for law enforcement.
The one-touch nature of the CellStik could appeal to crime scene investigators, whose forensic kits typically contain a tangled mass of cables and adapters.
Criminals who use passcodes on their phones may be foiled by the CellStik, depending on the phone model.
"I know on my Samsung," he remarked, "it does bypass the security code."
CellStiks for LG and Samsung will be available this week, while the Motorola version will be released in December.
The company is working on other cell phone models, but as Lee told us, his engineers find the different proprietary connectors to be a bit frustrating.
"All the manufacturers have their own connectors and I don't see them ever working together to come out with a standard," he stated.
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