There’s a lot more data discoverable on mobile devices than just text messages. This blog from Cimplifi provides several examples!

In their post titled Going Mobile: Data Discoverable on Mobile Devices (available here), Cimplifi discusses various other unique data types (besides text messages) specific to these devices that are routinely responsive in discovery. Here are two of them:

• Photos: In many cases, photographs are used to document damages or place individuals at an incident or accident scene. These photos include important metadata, not only capturing the date and time but also the geographic location where they were taken.
• Voicemail: Recorded voicemail messages are frequently responsive to discovery requests, just as they have been for landline phones for decades.

Not only that, but certain types of devices, such as iPhones and Android devices, have data types unique to them.

So, what other types of data are discoverable on mobile devices? And what are the data types specific to iPhones and Android devices? Find out here, it’s only one click! It’s also how to find out why the color of the messages on iPhones are blue for some senders and green for other senders! 🙂

So, what do you think? What types of data do you find routinely discoverable on mobile devices? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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