N900 lock code attempts?

I was just wondering, if you enter an incorrect lock code on the N900 it just states that the code is incorrect. Is there a maximum number of times that you can enter the lock code before the phone does something like wipe itself?
Thanks
Chris

Mick_H1 wrote:
All Nokias come with a default code of 12345 out of the box.
If I remember rightly Symbian based devices used to have an app called "Wallet" for storing sensitive data, but for some strange reason they stopped including it.
I used to use an app called "Phone Guardian" for my N95-8GB. It was very similar to "Find My Phone", but you installed the client on the main handset, set everything up (including a special text recognition message). If the phone gets stolen or lost you can remotely lock it by sending that text message from any other handset. If the lost/stolen handset had GPS it would then send a reply with the co-ordinates of where it was when the lock was activated. You could also track the device by sending that text over again. And if the sim card got changed or someone tried to get round the lock the device would emit a VERY LOUD wailing noise and display a message that it has been stolen/lost. And believe me it was damn loud.
Sounds identical to wavesecure.
I hope someone hurries up and develops it for Maemo, as far as i'm concerned a device as expensive as the N900 needs one, and it's a bit of a letdown that the iPhone and some others come with them as default.

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