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Lost-Phone Panic Breeds Gadgets to Find Them: Rich Jaroslovsky

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Is that a flashing “Z” in your pocket, or are you just glad to still have your cell phone?

The Z stands for Zomm, a little multipurpose gadget for your pocket, purse or keychain whose main function is to prevent you from walking off and leaving your phone somewhere. It does so by lighting up and sounding an alarm when it’s more than 30 feet from the device to which you have electronically linked it.