Lookout Mobile Security has always been downloadable all over the world where 30% if Lookout’s users are international. Now features like find-my-phone, data backup, and data restore features that the U.S. have enjoyed are available in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada with more to come. Their first overseas partnership is with Telstra giving its customers access to Lookout via the Android Market. Lookout is upping its game quickly with it’s recent move to the Android tablet arena and now pushing it’s feature internationally. If you haven’t signed up for Lookout yet, you should check it out. The free app provides security, data backup, and find-my-phone features, but Lookout Premium provides comprehensive security and privacy protection for $2.99/month or $29.99/year. More importantly, you can now register both your smartphone and tablet under the same account. Hit up the break for download links and the full press release from Lookout.
Smartphones have taken the world by storm, with users in every country. Not surprisingly, mobile threats are global too. They don’t care about geographical boundaries and can impact anyone, regardless of country, in an instant. In fact, throughout the year we’ve seen the number of malicious apps increase to nearly 1000–affecting people worldwide. That’s why today we’re thrilled to announce we’ve extended Lookout’s security experience to the first of many countries around the world. Lookout has always been downloadable by anyone around the world, and in fact 30% of our users are international, but we wanted to make the experience even better for them.
Now smartphone users in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada have access to a regionally adapted app that offers the same high-quality security, find-my-phone, data backup and data restore features that people in the U.S. have come to count on. And this is just the beginning.
As part of going international, we’ve also joined forces with Telstra, our first overseas mobile carrier partnership, as their exclusive mobile security partner. Telstra customers can easily download Lookout from within Telstra Aisle or by accessing the Telstra tab within the Android Market.
Where will you see “localized” versions of Lookout next, you ask? You’ll just have to wait and see!
[via lookout]