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Find My iPhone (or iPad, or iPod touch) is now free
Buried in Apple's press release regarding the availability of iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch was the fact that the Find My iPhone/iPad/iPod touch service is now free and no longer requires a MobileMe subscription.To use the service, you have to have an iPhone 4, an iPad or a fourth-generation iPod touch running iOS 4.2. If you do, you'll be able to locate your device on a map, lock it, display a message of your choosing on your device's display (so presumably someone who finds it may return it), play a sound, or, if all else fails, remotely wipe your data. The service works from any browser or any other iOS device that has the Find My iPhone, iPod touch and iPadd app installed.
Head over here for the complete instructions on how to setup the service.
[via Engadget]
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Subscribe to commentsAnthony S.Nov 22nd 2010 10:22PM
Seriously, this should have been done a loooong time ago. Like, at launch... at least the launch of the iPhone 3G.
BigBossSNKNov 23rd 2010 5:16AM
For an iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2, this service is only available for free if you first register with an iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone 4 running iOS 4.2.
On its own, the 3GS isn't legible for the free service.