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Re:Apple rolls out new MacBooks, drops prices by dfranke on Monday June 08, 2009 @06:10PM (#648111)
Apple also introduced a handy new feature called "Find My iPhone," designed to help iPhone owners who have misplaced their device. Lose the device under the sofa, and users will now be able to send the phone a message ordering it to make a sound.

What? Is this a parody?

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Re:Apple rolls out new MacBooks, drops prices by GHFigs on Monday June 08, 2009 @06:29PM (#648142)
It is a tie-in to Apple's $99/yr. MobileMe service. You can locate the phone on a map and remotely display a message or play a sound.

http://www.apple.com/mobileme/whats-new/

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Re:Apple rolls out new MacBooks, drops prices by dfranke on Monday June 08, 2009 @06:44PM (#648161)
Ah, alright; that makes more sense. Journalism fail.
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Re:Apple rolls out new MacBooks, drops prices by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @05:28AM (#648782)
The key missing element is that it will make noise even if in silent mode. Obviously just ringing a lost phone has been a standard "feature" since the first mobile was released.
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