Using Apple's new "Find My iPhone" feature which lets iPhone users pinpoint the exact location of a lost or stolen iPhone from a computer, Kevin and two friends, equipped with a Macbook Pro connected to a Sprint 3G USB dongle, embarked on a digital adventure on the streets of Chicago:
Last night, after seeing Second City improv, we ate at a pleasantly sketchy dive bar in uptown Chicago, where the food was mediocre and the characters were questionable. I definitely had my iPhone while at our table, and I definitely did NOT have it (whoops!) when we were 100 feet down the street.
Us three skinny white guys walked at a rapid pace in the direction of the circle. We moved past the birthday party, curious if one of the participants might be culpable, but the circle again shifted farther south. I was ready to break for our car if the phone started moving away faster than we could catch it, but it hovered at the very end of the street, at the corner of Washtenaw and Milwaukee...Read the rest of the tale on Kevin's blog
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The fact that this happened in Chicago makes it 100% sweeter!
Oh, I love it!
Can I hire these guys to get my stolen iPhone back?
I was not quite as pro-active but I did report the iPhone theft here:
http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-iPhone.php
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