Last week we reported on a Lenovo “viral” video showcasing, albeit fictionally, their “SMS kill switch” functionality, which is officially named Lenovo Constant Secure. It works by disabling your notebook when a text message is received to the onboard 3G card and today we have some more details on this system courtesy Matt Kohut, Lenovo blogger over at Inside the Box.

It turns out that this feature is technically a trial program in place to evaluate customer feedback and demand, which may or may not lead to expansion (and thus cost) of the program. As such, the program is currently free for those who have the proper hardware. Customers with a Montevina-based ThinkPad (T400, X200, X301, etc) who also have an AT&T 3G card with activated service are eligible for the program.

You can read instructions on how to setup Constant Secure on Lenovo’s eSupport site and I also recommend checking out Matt’s blog post for some more details.

Anyone here with a Montevina system that wants to give this a go?

Source: [LenovoBlogs]