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Google Latitude for iPhone
Google Mac Blog —
... from the iPhone's browser. You can even add a bookmark to your home screen for one-touch access. Check out the Google Mobile Blog to learn more. ...
Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.
TechCrunch —
... , Latitude on the iPhone. The service, which has been around for months on the web and Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices may finally be ready to take off now that it’s on the hottest smartphone on the market. But there’s a problem — and it’s a big one. ...
Why Is Google Latitude A Web App And Not A Native App? Because Apple Said So.
TechCrunch —
... , but it’s worth pointing this out separately. In its post today, Google made an unusual admission about its service: It apparently built a native Latitude app for the iPhone, but Apple asked it to make it a web app, so Google did that instead. ...
Google Latitude now for iPhone (webapp)
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... on your iPhone, though it is just a webapp. Interesting information form Google on why they didn't build a "traditional" app: ...
Google Latitude for iPhone Is a Lame Web App Because Apple Thinks We're Easily Confused [Google]
Gizmodo —
... Google's finally released their Latitude location service for iPhone—unfortunately, it's a lame web app. Originally, it was a real application. But Apple thought we would all be horribly confused. ...
Google Latitude for iPhone arrives as Web app
Macworld —
... to get started. Interestingly, Google Mobile Product Manager Mat Balez notes on Google's Official Mobile Blog that "We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought would be best for iPhone users." Whereby "worked closely with Apple," Balez means that Google originally developed Latitude for iPhone as a native app, and Apple shot it down. "Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve maps tiles." Thanks to Safari's newfound access to the iPhone's GPS ...
Google Maps for iPhone Illustrates Coming Maturity of Web Apps
jkOnTheRun —
... . Some readers found the same, but others only saw a “coming soon” page. Thanks to fortuitous timing on my part, I stumbled on to the feature just as it was rolling out from Google. I had asked Google about the confusing situation and the official response pointed me to the news: Google did indeed just roll out Latitude for Maps on the iPhone’s web browser. ...
Google Latitude finally makes it over to iPhone, as a web app
Engadget —
... care of iPhone OS 3.0. As to why, the Official Google Blog explains Apple had some concern that people would confuse it for the native Maps app. We still don't get why it couldn't simply be added to Maps itself, but we're not the multibillion dollar company, here. Go ahead, let your privacy cares away and direct your iPhone to the link below to see what all the fuss is about. Now it's time to wait (im)patiently for Google Voice. Read - Google Latitude Read - Official Google Mobile Blog Filed under: Cellphones Google Latitude ...
Google Finally Provides Latitude to iPhone Users — Yeah, it’s a WebApp
The iPhone Blog —
... in the business, this doesn’t strike us an ideal solution. Still it is a solution for iPhone users desperate to get their Latitude on. Until Apple gets their act together on this, here’s official word from the blog: ...
In the news
iPhone J.D. —
... is a product that allows you to see where your friends are located on a map and for them to see where you are located. If you want to share this information with your friends, the iPhone would seem like a natural client because it is always with you and it knows where you are. Thus, Google developed a Google Latitude iPhone app. But as this post from the Google Mobile Blog reveals, Apple wouldn't add it because users might get confused between this app and the built-in Maps app. Perhaps Apple will be adding Latitude functions to the iPhone Maps app? Google then changed it ...
Google Latitude comes to iPhone… as a web app
iPhone Buzz —
... Latitude that I'm currently vacationing on the beach in Australia. Hi guys, remember me!?
You'll also find basic Search and Directions functionality to help you get around the world. And just like our Google Maps for mobile client apps (and more recently on desktop Google Maps), you can press the "blue dot" to be taken to your approximate current location on the map with My Location, thanks to Safari now supporting the W3C Geolocation API.
[via Google Mobile Blog]
Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone In The Form Of A Web App
iPhone Matters —
... in Firmware 3.0 that allows Safari to tap in to the iPhone’s location service mechanism. Google has incorporated most of the functionality available in the Android version of Latitude such as privacy controls and contact information. However, Apple does not allow background processing which forces Google Latitude to be implemented within Safari. There is no automatic updating but every time the online App is loaded, that user’s location is automatically updated. An excerpt from the official Google Blog : Our Latitude web app provides all the core functionality you might ...
Google Latitude, the web app now available for the iPhone
iPhonefreak —
... as to how to add the bookmark to your home screen. Granted, its a little bit of a reach, but nonetheless, just hit the “+” icon at the bottom and then choose “Add to Home Screen” and “Add.” [ Google Mobile Blog ]
iPhone Finally Gets a Google Latitude App
WebProNews Feed —
... "Our Latitude web app provides all the core functionality you might expect: you can see the location of your friends on a map and modify your privacy settings so that you control how your location is shared and with whom," says Mat Balez, Product Manager on the Google Mobile Team. "In fact, if my friends and colleagues back in London haven't yet noticed my absence, they'll see in Latitude that I'm currently vacationing on the beach in Australia." ...
News: App rejected, Google offers Latitude via Safari on iPhone
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
image Google has announced the launch of its new Latitude web application for iPhone and iPod touch, after seemingly having its native application rejected by Apple. On the Official Google Mobile Blog, Mat Balez, Product Manager for the Google Mobile Team, writes, “We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought would be best for iPhone users. After we developed a Latitude application for the iPhone, Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve maps ...
Google Launches Latitude For iPhone
Mac|Life —
... -based phones, iPhone users everywhere pined for Latitude implementation on their beloved devices. Google has now launched Latitude for iPhone, but it might disappoint some users. That's because Google chose a web app implementation of the location-aware social networking service, forgoing a native app with push notifications. According to the Google blog , Apple asked them to design a web-based version of the software so users would not confuse a native Latitude app with the built-in Maps application. While Latitude does work, the location finding feature was not always ...
Google Launches Latitude Web App for iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... the feature by visiting http://google.com/latitude in their Safari browsers. From there, they can create a shortcut to the web app on their Home screen by tapping the + icon, then selecting “Add to Home Screen” and “Add.”
The downside of Latitude for iPhone: It can’t run in the background. So each time you close the Safari app to open your e-mail, for example, you lose connection to the service. So much for stalking your ex-girlfriends.
Google Latitude. Now for iPhone. [The Official Google Mobile Blog]
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Google Latitude on the iPhone: Impressive! Not Confusing!
Technologizer —
... Google’s Latitude–which lets you use your phone to share your location with friends–has finally debuted on the iPhone, months after it showed up for Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile. On the iPhone, it’s a Safari-based Web app rather than an iPhone app. But it’s apparently only a Web app because Apple was unhappy with the native app that Google developed. “We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought would be best for iPhone users,” says the Google blog post announcing the iPhone version. ...
Google Launches Latitude for iPhone
TheAppleBlog —
... Google notes that since the iPhone can’t run apps in the background, unlike several competing devices, the service will be updated as and when the web app is visited in Safari. In the official blog post, Matt Belez, Product Manager on the Google Mobile Team, noted that “Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve maps tiles.” ...
Changes in Apple attitudes force changes in Google Latitude
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store We didn't want to let the week slip into the weekend without mention of the long-awaited release, on Thursday afternoon, of Google's Latitude client for iPhone, allowing users to update their locations to the social service and keep track of friends and family on the move (otherwise known as "iStalkU" -- no, sorry, that was Loopt, my mistake). You can access the service by browsing to http://google.com/latitude on Mobile Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch. Yes, that's ...
GV Mobile and Voice Central pulled from App Store
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... There has been speculation that Google is preparing its own iPhone app for Google Voice, however, in light of the news that Apple 'requested' that Google make Latitude a web app instead of a native app "in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone," I wonder if we are unlikely to see such an application from Google. ...
Is Google Voice as a Web App an Acceptable Alternative?
TheAppleBlog —
... “Already, Google says it is readying a replacement for the Google Voice app that will offer exactly the same features as the rejected app—except that it will take the form of a specialized, iPhone-shaped Web page. For all intents and purposes, it will behave exactly the same as the app would have; you can even install it as an icon on your Home screen.”
Google’s Latitude App came back to life as a web app after being killed off at birth by the App Store.
“We worked closely with Apple to ...
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