Apps: Find your lost phone

Find My iPhone is a really simple GPS location app that works with iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches (iOS 3.1 or later).

Find My iPhone locates any missing device on Google Maps on your desktop, or on any other device that can run the app. So if you’ve misplaced your iPad you can fire up Find My iPhone on your iPhone to find it, and vice versa.

As well as acting as a phone finder, Find My iPhone allows you to remotely lock devices and permanently erase any data on them if you're worried about them falling into unscrupulous hands.

The app itself is free but requires a MobileMe subscription which starts at the not inexpensive £59 a year. There’s a 60-day free trial period with MobileMe as well, if you want to give the service a whirl before digging deep for a subscription.

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