If the iPhone 3G S feature you’re most looking forward to is cut-and-paste, chances are you haven’t been the victim of iPhone theft.
A story on Gizmodo yesterday chronicled the journey of “three honkeys” trying to track down a stolen iPhone using the new Find My iPhone feature, which pings the phone or — worst case scenario — lets you erase it remotely. The friends tracked the phone down to a sketchy neighborhood and managed to confront the robber face-to-face.
He gave a questionable alibi about having found the phone, intending to return it, but being intimidated by “all these scary-looking messages” that kept popping up on the display. “Um, yeah, those were from me,” I replied curtly. He pulled my phone out, totally unharmed, and handed it over. I resisted the urge to giggle.
I’m glad the guy found it, but three skinny guys attending a LEGO convention would probably have been wise to just erase the iPhone. If the thief was violent, crazy or both, no iPhone application would have saved them from a massive beat-down. Unless, of course, developers are working on a Skull Repair app.
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