It has been "coming soon" for a while now.... Also, no mention of it in 3.0....
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Any word on Google Latitude?
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They are probably waiting for 3.0 to come out... Not sure though it would be a great addition...
James
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From what i have read around (couldn't find any links, sorry), Google Latitude will come to the iPhone in the form of a Google Mobile App update, and not as a update to the Maps App that's part of the OS. Therefore, it will fall under the same restrictions as all other apps and won't be able to run in the background.
If true, i don't see any use for Latitude on the iPhone. If you have to actively open the app, let it log your GPS location and upload it, then close it, everytime you want to update it... well there's no point having it!!! If i can remember to intermittently open the Latitude app, why can't i just open Tweetie and update my GPS location on Twitter? I like the idea of latitude, but only if it can run in the background and update your location without being prompted by the user. Seems a shame.
If true, i don't see any use for Latitude on the iPhone. If you have to actively open the app, let it log your GPS location and upload it, then close it, everytime you want to update it... well there's no point having it!!! If i can remember to intermittently open the Latitude app, why can't i just open Tweetie and update my GPS location on Twitter? I like the idea of latitude, but only if it can run in the background and update your location without being prompted by the user. Seems a shame.
Maybe this is exactly why it is not out - since if it was, it would be useless. The original Google Mobile blog did in fact say it would be available through a Google Mobile App update, but as you point out, there are many problems with this. So, they either scrapped the idea of it coming out in a GMA update (and will release it via a Maps App update sometime during 3.0) or just totally scrapped Latitudes altogether for the iPhone.
Hopefully the Maps integration will be where we see Latitude. Although i think it may not be in 3.0. Maybe 3.1, if we are lucky.
Whether it comes in Maps or the Mobile App, maybe with Push notifications or "special permissions" from Apple to Google, it will be allowed...?
Who knows...
Who knows...
Personally I though t at the time (and still do) that it wont be through the app store but a firmware update and work through maps.
Kind of makes sense to me and as the maps app isn't third party (I assume not anyway as its installed and cant be removed) Apple would probably allow background running?
Kind of makes sense to me and as the maps app isn't third party (I assume not anyway as its installed and cant be removed) Apple would probably allow background running?
Push notifications won't do anything. The app needs to send the GPS data, not receive a notification of received data.
Exactly. As Maps is part of the OS, they could allow Latitude to run in the background and Apple could still say "no background running apps" to all App Store developers and remain straight faced.
