Following on from last weeks app which was launched to the market.  This week comes another app available via the market.  At this rate I may have to set up ‘a app a week’ weksite – similar to Jayekai’s A Game A Week website  Doubt I have the time to be able to push one out every week.

Anyway, whats this new app about.  To summarise the application listens for incoming messages and compares the text to a set phrase.  If this phrase matches, the phone activates is GPS receiver and gets the current latitude and longitude.  It then attempts to query eighty-six.co.uk in return it will be provided with a URL in which a user can visit to see the current location of the phone.  All of this information is then returned to the number that initially sent the message.

The returned messages is similar to the one below;

The application does not need to be running for it to see the incoming message, therefore all incoming messages will be seen.

There admin side to this application provides a discreet interface, so if your phone is stolen, an application with the name Hawkeye will not cause alarm, compared to a name such as ‘Lost Phone Tracker’.  The initial screen also prompts for a password which is set when you use the application for the first time.  This provides an extra layer of security whilst preventing unauthorised changes. The admin side appears as below.

If the application is unable to contact eighty-six to obtain a URL, the application will sent the message with just the latitude and longitude so your phone can always be located by other means.

Click here to see an example of the URL sent.

Get it now from the market.