Comments on: The 4 new iPhone features I use most

By: Tawnie Tucson, AZ

Tawnie Tucson, AZ — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:25:03 +0000

Not having a chaperone type service is exactly why I will not buy an iphone. I love the chaperone application that verizon has everything else pales in comparison.

By: Libby Groom, Redlands CA

Libby Groom, Redlands CA — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:02:57 +0000

Andy Tyler is wrong about the accuracy of civilian GPS. Check out the sport of geocaching.com! There are thousands upon thousands of small matchbook and altoids tin sized containers hidden all over the world by geocachers, who track and find these items using only their GPS. I have done this over 900 times and I can tell you that the accuracy of my GPS is usually BETTER than a 10 foot radius! And most of the time, when you let the device measure in place for about a minute…. ITS DEAD ON! (like standing on top of it) It certainly could track the iphone signal to within 10 – 20 feet. I'm guessing they opt not to based on privacy concerns.

By: anon, seattle wa

anon, seattle wa — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:16:31 +0000

Just a heads up — the "Find My iPhone" function is OFF by default. Not only that, they didn't make a separate "Find My iPhone" switch under General. Instead, you have to go to the Mail settings and select your Mobile Me account. Not thought out very well.

By: Andy Tyler, Phoenix AZ

Andy Tyler, Phoenix AZ — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:18:41 +0000

Did you guys ever consider that civilian GPS is not pinpoint accurate? This is to prevent other countries from using the technology for their evil purposes. Civilian GPS is accurate to 10 feet at best, but a block sounds about right.

By: Nigel Tufnel, Springfield, IL

Nigel Tufnel, Springfield, IL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:49:58 +0000

JJ in Denver, as I understand it if you select "All" for searching, it will search email body text as well. Not really intuitive, but there you go.

By: David, Tampa FL

David, Tampa FL — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:17:36 +0000

Find my iPhone was on the money for me. The blue circle was about the size of the of the living room I tested it in, it just took a few minutes to close in.

By: Matt, Charlotte NC

Matt, Charlotte NC — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:54:50 +0000

I don't have any actual knowledge RE: the 1 block radius, however, having worked for OnStar, which has a device installed in GM cars for locating the car when stolen, I know that they could not give the location of the car to the owner of the car, for reasons of safety of the customer (i.e., if a thief has stolen your car, and you go to confront the thief and the thief then kills you, Onstar could be in legal trouble there). The feature on the iPhone, I suspect, is to help you determine that the phone is where you think it is, give or take. If it has been picked up by an evildoer, you could then show the police the general vicinity that the phone is in and they could take it from there.

By: jz1492, San Diego, CA

jz1492, San Diego, CA — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:48:33 +0000

@JimmyD: You mean brick it.

Since before 3.0 iTunes requires you to unlock the iphone for syncing. Wouldn't it be possible to require that the iphone be unlocked in order to be able to turn it off? Restarts remain enabled, though.

Anyways, pulling the SIM card trumps anything you do,

By: Preston, Denver, CO

Preston, Denver, CO — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:14:09 +0000

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By: JD, Philadelphia, PA

JD, Philadelphia, PA — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:24 +0000

Clearly thos of you that don't want to see this used nefariously do not have children. I'm making a track your child app for this!!

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