Law-enforcement experts say iPhone technology records a wealth of information that can be tapped more easily than BlackBerry and Android devices to help police learn where a suspect has been, what the suspect was doing there, and whether he or she has something to hide.

"These devices are people's companions today," Jonathan Zdziarski, author of iPhone Forensics, told the Detroit Free Press. "They're not mobile phones anymore. They organize people's lives, and if you're doing something criminal, something about it is probably going to go through that phone."

iPhones contain a wealth of information about the user’s whereabouts ranging from GPS coordinates and time stamps on photos taken by the phone to location information used by the device’s browser to custom tailor advertisements.

The iPhone also stores screenshots each time an application is closed including mapping applications and e-mails.

iPhones are more computer than phone, and either suspect of victim is likely to have left a trail easily accessible to the well-trained investigator.

Source: Detroit Free Press