It seems Apple’s new iOS5 operating system for the iPhone 4S has a new surprise around every corner. The App in question uses GPS, and if your friend agrees, it allows you to see their location, give or take a few metres. Unfortunately, one poor guy on Macrumours.com found another use for it, after installing it in his wife’s new handset.

The New Yorker, who was already suspicious of a man his wife had been in contact with, loaded it up without her knowledge (sneaky). He then texted her, asking her whereabouts, but when she told him she was in the east village, the App told a different story. According to Apple, their iPhone or iPad’s built-in Global Positioning System is accurate to within a few feet.

So, understandably, some of his rants went a little like this:

I just texted her asking where she was and the dumb b—- said she was on 10th Street!!

Thank you Apple, thank you App Store, thank you all. These beautiful treasure trove of screen shots [sic] going to play well when I meet her … at the lawyer’s office in a few weeks.

thankfully, she’s the rich one.

Seeing that the man did not immediately reply to a request from ABC News for comment, many people are questioning the authenticity of the story. But, nonetheless, more than 100 000 people have viewed the posts, and over 300 people have replied with comments, sympathy and skepticism, according to MacRumors.

Arnold Kim, the editorial director of MacRumors, did however clarify that all users, must verify their email address when logging in.

Busted!

[Source: yahoo]