An experiment with old smartphones and PDAs bought on eBay showed there was a large amount of data on them. People didn’t do the necessary hard reset to remove the data.
For devices such as the Palm 650, that involves pressing the reset button and holding the power key down at the same time … then you should get an “Erase all data?” prompt.
This varies from device to device, and from OS to OS, which is what makes it a pain. Still, so many execs carry these devices now, with a lot of sensitive information, that it’s necessary to be able to do this.
Tags: Smartphone, PDA, PalmOS, Pocket PC, Security
