iPad MobileMe integration has been announced with Apple revealing iPad versions of the Find My iPhone and Remote Wipe features that have recovered many a lost iPhone and deleted plenty of pictures the world was never meant to see. Is Find My iPad another argument for buying an iPad 3G?
Greenpeace gunned for the iPad over its love of cloud computing earlier this week. Now Apple’s announced some more cloud-based cleverness to the iPad.
If you’ve got a MobileMe account (or plonk down £59 a year to get one) you’ll be able to sync your email, calendars and other information between your iPad, iPhone and other computers.
MobileMe also gives your iPad access to iDisk and MobileMe email account which adds up to 20GB of storage in the cloud. Find My iPad, an iPad version of Find My iPhone, will allow you to track your lost iPad from the MobileMe web interface and send audio and visual messages to it to encourage someone to hand it in.
Find My iPad will work best for the iPad 3G. The WiFi iPad doesn’t have GPS built-in so will need to be hooked up to a WiFi network for you to find it. Not good if you leave your iPad lying somewhere unloved and unconnected.
If your iPad is permanently lost, you’ll be able to use Remote Wipe to remove all your files. Again, if you’ve opted for the WiFi-only iPad, it’ll need to be connected to do that.
Out now | £59 | Apple
