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By linathael. Original by Lionel - 25/11/2008 20:42:29 CET - Category: iPhone
As it can happen to anybody, you might lose your mobile, however when it is an iPhone, it might be more painful, except if you have insurance.
A new application might help you to track it: TopSecret.

The purpose of TopSecret application is to help find a lost or stolen iPhone. The program will send you an email with the device location and other details that you can give to local authorities to have your iPhone returned to you (never try to recover it by yourself!)
The settings page will allow you to:
- display the latest location information received.
- change the email address where location information will be send.
- make something special instead of displaying the fake Network error message.
The program send a new email each time it obtains a different location coordinate, and give accuracy details for each location provided, but you must be aware that results may vary depending on Wifi, Edge/3G and GPS coverage: even with an iPhone 3G (which have a GPS chipset), the provided location may not be accurate, depending on weather conditions, whether the device is inside or outside and so on, which is why the emails sent also include IP address information, both local and remote ones (including reverse DNS lookup and whois information, when available).
This new application is available at 2.39€ from the AppStore

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