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There is a Find my iPad app on the the iPad. Don't know if it is new or not but....
http://www.apple.com...nd-my-ipad.html
That reminds me, I need to do a Time Machine backup of my Macbook Pro.

regardless of the OS I think that this functionality has to come from the OS vendor and not a 3rd party app, tho it is nice that there is the option.

I want the option to brick my mobile device if I realize I am not going to get it back.

Papaspud, on 04 March 2011 - 10:53 AM, said:

Until somebody hacks into your MobileMe account and decides to brick all of your devices while you're still in control of them. Then it doesn't seem like such a good idea...

Companies need to start making tablets that dock with our phones, and run off of the phone OS. The tablet then becomes basically a touch screen monitor with a front facing camera and a mic.

Yet another misleading headline from PCW. Instead of "iPad 2 Fans: Beware the Security Risks" it should have read something like "Multiple Mobile Device Fans: Beware the Security Risks." But use of "iPad" will virtually guarantee eyeballs and clicks.

Papaspud, on 04 March 2011 - 10:53 AM, said:

That option is already in the iPad and iPhone, as part of iOS 4. Find it or brick it, the choice is yours.

nonseq, on 04 March 2011 - 03:28 PM, said:

Why are you complaining? The point of headlines is to attract attention and get people to read the article. In addition, the title isn't misleading but more direct than your suggested headline. It's not like the article said "Apples" and was really about oranges. It said "Apples" and you want it to say "Fruit". This article repeatedly refers to Apple and the IPad2, so I think the current headline is more than adequate and certainly not misleading.

Yet another complainer reaching to complain about anything they can grasp.

AgentF, on 04 March 2011 - 08:04 PM, said:

It would be nice if the headline matched the article, which it did not. You and I will have to agree to have different standards or perspectives on what passes for "journalism" on the web. The blatant use of "Apple," "iPad", "iPhone", "killer", etc is an obvious attempt at grabbing eyeballs and in earlier times would be disdained as "yellow journalism", which may be a concept foreign to you. It would have been the beginnings of a good piece that would have served many. As it stands, the headline made in less useful and helpful.

I stand by my comment and would hope that PCW would ratchet up its standards for headlines instead of merely going for low hanging fruit.

nonseq, on 05 March 2011 - 06:20 AM, said:

I have to agree with your sentiment, if not necessarily your wording. The headline singles out iPad users while effectively ignoring all others, though they are equally or perhaps even more susceptible. Interestingly, had the headline said "Android Fans: Beware..." the response might have been even stronger.