Find My iPhone 1 Thief 0
By Benny Har-Even in Editorial
My favourite story of the week is the proof that the new Find My iPhone feature, a new addition to Apple’s Mobile Me service.
The story (from this entertaining blog post) in a nutshell – bloke in Chicago leaves his iPhone in a bar - remembers that he’s just activated Find My Phone feature on his phone, and the next day is sent an email saying that the service has located his phone.
He starts sending messages to the phone, warning the new owner that he knows where the phone his, and that he’s a comin’. He takes a 3G enabled laptop with him and literally chases down the would-be thief, and is soon reunited with his iPhone.
It’s a well written, nicely paced story – you can hear the theme music in the background as you read. Look out for the film version, coming to a screen near you. My favourite part - the description of how they felt once they’ve recovered it: “We laughed triumphantly, adrenaline racing, feeling like the Jack Bauer trio.”
Truth-be-told, as the comments on the blog indicate, it’s fortunate that he and his intrepid pals didn’t get seriously ass-whooped by whoever had ‘borrowed’ his device – and it turns out the guy was scared of the messages appearing by magic on the device.
So has Mobile Me finally got itself a killer app?
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