Free MobileMe and "Find my iPad" Setup

Very few iPad users seem to know that they can setup a free MobileMe account if they have an iPhone 4 or an iPad.

If you have a 3G or 3Gs iPhone or an old generation iPod too bad you can't...

Apple has tons of documents on everything but it is often difficult to find. We did the digging for you and here is how you can set up that Free MobileMe account.

• First download from your iPad the "Find my Ipad app" from here on the App Store.
• Follow the beautiful instructions Apple wrote for you but forgot to tell you about here: find-my-ipad-setup 

Then you can log into your new free MobileMe account from another computer and verify that your iPad is there.

This is not a toy. You can wipe out your data, email address book etc, if you are not careful!

You can send a message to the iPad to tell the person who found it where she/he can contact you.

You can also lock the device remotely to protect your data and prevent the person who found your device from accessing anything.

Now if your iPad is in the hands of a "Finder Keeper" kind of person, you can decide to wipe the device. Before that, you can send an Email telling the "thief":

"Hey I know exactly where you are, you have an hour to call me or I will send the FBI after you!" :)

Then follow Apple's procedure to wipe the data.

You can always restore your data from the last sync anyway....