Apple Releases Find My iPhone App

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Jeff Gamet

8:47 AM, Jun. 18th ET, 2010

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Along with updates for MobileMe, Apple released its new Find My iPhone app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on Friday. The app gives users a dedicated interface for tracking down a lost device when they’re away from their computer.

Like the Web-based version of Find My iPhone, the app lets users locate their missing device on a map, can display messages and play alerts on the missing device, remotely set a pass code lock, remotely lock a device, and can remotely delete all of the data on a device.

Find My iPhone requires a MobileMe subscription, priced at US$99 a year. The Find My iPhone app is free, and is available at Apple’s iTunes-based App Store.

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FlipFriddle

said on June 18th, 2010 at 8:30 AM:

I guess you’d need to use someone else’s iPhone or iPod Touch to find your missing iPhone, right? It’s early so I may be missing something…

dmuzzy said on June 18th, 2010 at 8:44 AM:

I guess you’d need to use someone else’s iPhone or iPod Touch to find your missing iPhone, right? It’s early so I may be missing something…

Either that, or the app just displays this message: “You’re Holding It”

Jeff Gamet said on June 18th, 2010 at 9:09 AM:

Yeah, the idea is that you can use someone else’s iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to find yours. I installed the app on my iPhone and iPad so I can track down one from the other.

Realistically, I’ll be using my iPad to figure out that my iPhone fell between the couch cushions. Again.

FlipFriddle

said on June 18th, 2010 at 9:55 AM:

@dmuzzy: Good One!

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