Oh the irony. Google may have beat Apple in launching a mobile wallet ecosystem, but Apple iPhone users are more enthusiastic about making payments through their mobile rings than their Android counterparts, according to a new document.

iPhone owners as a populous tend to be more, shall they say, in-tune with their mobile devices,” said Jennifer Jacobsen, PR director of Retrevo.

If there is a brand new trend in mobile tech and what you can do with a Smartphone, iPhone owners appear more prepared to try it than other mobile phone users.

A new patent application released by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today shows that Apple’s “find my iPhone” service may day morph in to a way more complex technique for keeping tabs on and recovering lost or stolen Apple devices.

iPhone Mobile’s features:

Automatic detection of WiFi networks.

Bluetooth connectivity for short range networking with peripherals, other iPhones and PCs.

Support for the 802.11b and 802.11g standards.

The use of quadband GSM and SIM card to access cellular networks.

EDGE support for high-speed data transfer where available.