“Lost iPhone, lost iPhone, where for art thou?”
At Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Fran, Apple’s Scott Forstall demoed a new iPhone app that can help locate your lost or stolen iPhone.
This service is available to all MobileMe subscribers. If you lose your iPhone, you can log into MobileMe and it will show you on a map exactly where your iPhone is.
You can also send a message to your lost iPhone – and it will sound an alert tone, even if it is set to silent. This is helpful to provide contact details for anyone finding your iPhone.
This is great news for anyone always misplacing their belongings… but hopefully, even better as a deterrent to would-be iPhone thieves.
Should your iPhone be stolen, you risk identify theft. The “Find my iPhone” app can even send a command to your iPhone to wipe the private data on there. But don’t worry if you find it around the house, your contacts, mail etc can later be restored from iTunes backup.
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For those not a subscriber to MobileMe, a ‘Find my iPhone’ app is also available on the iPhone Apps store. Download Find my iPhone 
Features are a little different and MobileMe subscribers should stick with the newer version.
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- Launched at WWDC: New iPhone 3GS
- New iPhone App: TomTom Navigation
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iPhone 3GS: New iPhone to be launched later this month
Apple’s vice president of marketing, Phil Schiller, launched the new iPhone at the WWDC in San Francisco during his keynote yesterday.
The fastest, most powerful iPhone yet”
The new iPhone 3GS (S = speed) will be released on 19 June in both 16Gb or 32GB.
New iPhone 3GS features
- There will be a 3Mp camera onboard, which interactive touch features for focusing etc.
- Another much waited for capability will be video capabilities, with the ability to edit and upload directly to YouTube and other similar sites.
- Voice activiation will be available for controlling some menu items, like calls and music.
More information
Check out more information on the Apple iPhone website about the iPhone 3GS. Or see the Guided Tour on YouTube for more features and info
iPhone 3.0 OS
The next version of the iPhone operating system, iPhone 3.0 OS, will also be released on 17 June, with free upgrade to existing iPhone owners. The upgraded OS will allow iPhone users to connect to one another wirelessly for game playing and other similar activities. More importantly for some though – cut, copy and paste! Finally. And undo. And MMS.
iPhone 3G still about
Good news for those who may not be able to afford all the bells and whistles of the brand new iPhone 3GS, the original iPhone 3G will still be available – at a reduced price.
Related:
- New iPhone App: Find my iPhone
- New iPhone App: TomTom Navigation
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