Lost iPhone?

You always say you can't lose one thing until it happens. Once, my keys slipped out of my pocket in a cab, but I fortunately managed to figure that out before the driver took off, because I put a hand in my pocket, and there was nothing in it. These being said, losing an iPhone is also likely to happen, and if you don't lose it, there's always someone around with nimble fingers, ready to get some nice gadget from people on the street...

Now, what can be done if you lose your iPhone or, even worse, if it gets stolen? This is a pretty interesting question, and it has quite a few answers, but we won't get into this whole story now, because the iPhone 3.0 software may turn your lost iPhone into your iPhone once again. How?

According to AppleInsider,"A new feature in the iPhone 3.0 firmware appears to let users remotely pinpoint a lost or stolen phone by securely requesting the device's location via Apple's MobileMe service," but since a lost iPhone, as long as it still works, is in the same situation, I am sure this feature is also useful in this particular case.

Unfortunately, MobileMe is not a free service, so those having iPhones and not using it may not see the lost iPhone again, but who can tell? Sometimes, it's only about luck, with or without software to help you...