You can also send a message to it to appear onscreen ( "hey call me at xxx-xxx-xxxx to get my phone back! Reward!") Or you can make it "ring" ( overriding the vibrate setting) in case it's lost in your house or backyard!) You can even - god forbid- erase it back to factory defaults in case you don't get it back & want your data eradicated! Very cool features indeed! -Tim Sent from my iPhone. On May 17, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Terry Pogue <tpogue at comcast.net> wrote: > I just discovered a most wonderful thing. I was at my mac.com site > and found that if I want to find my iPhone I can do it on the site > OR and get this!! I can lock it in case it ever gets stolen. That is > great especially being able to find it if I ever leave it at a > restaurant or store. Get on the web and bingo. it tells. > Okay, I know it doesn't have anything to do with iTunes but phones > did come up and I swear Apple keeps surprising me with wonderful > features. > terry > > My Foodie Photos > http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrypogue/collections/ > > "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling, > chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book fill the air > around me." Ruth Reichl > > > > > On May 17, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Becca wrote: > >> Thanks, Ray. >> >> We just got a rather expensive new phone for my daughter, and >> didn't discover until we'd bought it that there was an additional >> $10/month charge for connectivity, and I dind't want to get >> surprised again. >> >> -becca >> >> --- On Mon, 5/17/10, Ray Kloss <raykloss at mac.com> wrote: >> >>> From: Ray Kloss <raykloss at mac.com> >>> Subject: Re: [iTunes] an iTouch question >>> To: becca at di.org, "A place to discuss iTunes." <itunes at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> > >>> Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 9:43 PM >>> >>> On May 17, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Becca wrote: >>> >>>> as my current 3rd gen Nano ages, I've been thinking of >>> replacing it with a Touch when it finally dies (may it live >>> forever!). My one question is, how does the Touch access the >>> internet? is there a monthly fee for that? or does it only >>> access the Net through being connected to a computer? >>>> >>>> -becca >>> >>> It can access the internet through a local WiFi network >>> only. If you are at home and have a wireless network, it >>> will work there. If you are out at a coffee shop of some >>> other place with a WiFi (free) it can access it there. If >>> you are in your car or someplace without WiFi, it will work >>> as an iPod and can use iPhone/iPod Touch apps that do not >>> need access to the internet to use. >>> >>> RK >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> iTunes mailing list >> iTunes at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes > > _______________________________________________ > iTunes mailing list > iTunes at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/itunes