iPhone 3GS and "find my iPhone"
I’m a sucker for all things Apple. While I didn’t wait in line for the new iPhone 3GS today like I have in years past, I did manage to head over and pick mine up after work. I already had a MobileMe account so one of the first things I wanted to try out was the new “Find my iPhone” functionality.
It’s cool but I can’t imagine that it will be all that useful for me. If you think about it, the GPS sucks indoors. I live in a concrete building and so I can never get a GPS fix inside. Further, the accuracy of it plus google maps means that at best it will tell you within roughly a few thousand feet where your phone is. How is that useful?
The only circumstance I can think of where I’d want this is if I truly lost it or it was stolen. If it was stolen it only tells me approximately where the thief is, not enough accuracy to go and find the guy and beat him up.
That leaves forgetting it at a store, friends house, etc. I guess that is cool but I’ve never done that. Anyways, here is a screen shot.
