Making use of the internet connection of the iPhone and the iPod Touch, iHound helps you track your stolen iPhone. The software communicates regularly with the server, reporting the device ID and the IP address from which it is accessing the internet.
The catch is, as Apple doesn’t let applications run in the background, you should always open the App before putting your iPhone to sleep. (Thus when it’s turned on the next time, the app would run and would report its location to the server). This makes it pretty impractical, as one of the users commenting on it at the App Store said,
If we could remember to run the App every time we shut the phone down, we would remember to keep the phone in a safe place as well.
However people not frequently using their phones might find use in this application. More details are available at the iHound website, and the app can be downloaded from the App Store.
