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Computer News · 03-04-09, 11:10 AM

Owner who of the next gen iPhone, who find that it has been stolen, could soon find that a new feature could save them a lot of hassle.Apple is working on an application that will call the police if the device is stolen and tell them exactly where it is currently located.The system works on [...]

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waqasahmed · 03-04-09, 04:23 PM

It'd probably be easier to have a "spy" sat Nav activated when you phone the police that its stolen and I could snatch an iphone of a little sibling eg: You give your mobile to your 2 or 2 year old sibling/child , you NEED to make a phone call, the kid refuses to give the phone back. And if they dont, you might snatch it from them

mauser2003 · 19-04-09, 01:45 PM

I'm sure the police will love to have hundreds of phone calling them daily, perhaps keep the bast**ds from issuing speeding fines

knmwt15000 · 21-04-09, 09:45 AM

That's spectacular! I can't believe it! What an idea.

Yet something else that has already been done with symbian and wimo phones. Isn't there a jailbroken app out there already for the iphone?

Also - what has this got to do with PC hardware since this post is in the PC hardware section?

mr_shazzi · 21-04-09, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by mauser2003

I'm sure the police will love to have hundreds of phone calling them daily, perhaps keep the bast**ds from issuing speeding fines

haha probably would you know thats an idea !

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waqasahmed Cost efficient muppet Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: W. Yorkshire TW area Posts: 4,547 Thanks: 2,387 Thanked 938 Times in 693 Posts	Re: Next gen iPhone could call police if stolen It'd probably be easier to have a "spy" sat Nav activated when you phone the police that its stolen and I could snatch an iphone of a little sibling eg: You give your mobile to your 2 or 2 year old sibling/child , you NEED to make a phone call, the kid refuses to give the phone back. And if they dont, you might snatch it from them

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mauser2003 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 58 Thanks: 8 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Next gen iPhone could call police if stolen I'm sure the police will love to have hundreds of phone calling them daily, perhaps keep the bast**ds from issuing speeding fines

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knmwt15000 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 19 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Next gen iPhone could call police if stolen That's spectacular! I can't believe it! What an idea. Yet something else that has already been done with symbian and wimo phones. Isn't there a jailbroken app out there already for the iphone? Also - what has this got to do with PC hardware since this post is in the PC hardware section? Last edited by knmwt15000; 21-04-09 at 09:49 AM. Reason: the also

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