Can your phone help you stay safe?

As seen in Inman News , here are 6 APPS for your Smart Phone that help enhance your safety. These could help you and your friends and family who find themselves in an unfortunate situation.

Guardity—send an alert via phone, email, and text that includes your location to emergency contacts.

IcePics—automatically take a photo and email it with the GPS map location to email contacts in one touch.

Moby—share your location with family and friends; set a recurring schedule to ask "Are you OK?"; in case of emergency alert chosen contacts and emergency services (only on a BlackBerry).

RealAlert—call 911 in one tap, alert a friend, sound an alarm, save details on suspicious persons, and locate the nearest hospital.

SafeTrec—send text and email panic alerts to emergency contact list with GPS location.

SmrtGuard—activate one-push panic button to send out an email, text message, or Twitter message with location information to your contact list; trigger an emergency call to any preset number, including 911.

www.inman.com/news/2011/09/26/6-mobile-safety-apps-real-estate