Apple has just released a new Find My iPhone app to help MobileMe subscribers find their missing iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Find my iPhone is essentially just an application version of the Find My iPhone web interface.
Besides helping you determine the physical location of your phone, what’s great about the Find My iPhone feature — the feature that makes MobileMe worth it’s $99/year price tag — is that you can also remotely lock your device and wipe your device’s data, as well as send a push notification to the device with a sound alert and a message of your choice.
When I lost my phone in a cab in Miami earlier this year, I kicked myself for not having MobileMe. If I had, I may have been able to locate the cab company that had my phone or perhaps even get in touch with a fellow passenger more quickly. In my case, I did end up getting my phone back (Paul, you rock!), but I still signed up for a MobileMe account, just in case.
Losing your phone can be a traumatic experience, which is why services like MobileMe and Phone Halo have the potential to offer so much relief for stressed-out phone owners. The nice thing about the new Find My iPhone app is that it doesn’t store your MobileMe login information — meaning that you could borrow someone else’s iPhone or iPad to help locate your device. Find My iPhone is a free app, but a MobileMe account is required to use the feature.
Check out our gallery to see what the application looks like on the iPhone and the iPad.
Have you ever lost your phone? What did you do to try to track it down?
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The icon for Find My iPhone
Login Screen
You login with your MobileMe credentials
Track Your Devices
You can see a listing of every device linked to your MobileMe account.
Device Details
Not only can you see the details of your device, its type, name, and location, you can also send an alert message and sound, remotely lock the phone or remotely wipe all of the data.
iPhone Device View
The way devices are listed on the iPhone.
iPhone Location Screen
This is what the location screen looks like on the iPhone.
iPhone Device Details
Just like on the iPad, you can remotely wipe, lock or send a message and alert sound to your device from the app.
Sending an Alert
The screen for sending an alert with the option to also include a sound.
Receiving an Alert
A pop-up notification is displayed on the device you are tracking, along with an audible sound if that option is activated. After you confirm you have received the message, an e-mail and push notification is sent to the user and to the tracking device to say that the message has been viewed.
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