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Alibi
Officer: "Where were you on the night of the 12th?"
Person Guy: "I was at a Christmas party."
Officer: "Do you have an alibi?"
Person Guy: "Hellz yes. My trusty iPhone can vouch for my whereabouts."
Officer: "..."
Officer: "Where were you on the night of the 12th?"
Person Guy: "I was at a Christmas party."
Officer: "Do you have an alibi?"
Person Guy: "Hellz yes. My trusty iPhone can vouch for my whereabouts."
Officer: "..."
This just looks like another version of Loopt, but with less features. I thought Loopt could have been pretty cool, but it never really caught on! None of these Apps ever have enough users to make them worth using.
I predict that Android-like gMaps navigation in iOS won't happen anytime soon, if ever. Google wants to maintain some differentiation between "native" Google-experience Android devices, and competing mobile platforms (iOS, WebOS).
Built-in navigation in Android devices is one of the key differentiators (as long as few other like truly integrated Google Voice), and Google will want to keep it that way.
I much prefer Glympse (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glympse-location-sharing-made/id330316698?mt=8) because the idea is you only share your location for a brief period and a give a "glimpse" of your location. So if I'm driving to meet someone somewhere I will open Glympse and share my location for 30 minutes. It updates in the background (btw, background location sharing kills the battery!)
Also I think it's creepy to consolidate all of your personal information into one place like Google which provides free services in exchange for selling your information to advertisers. With Glympse yes they know your location briefly but they don't know anything else about you and don't have your email inbox and contacts like Google (if youre a sucker for gmail and everything)
Also I think it's creepy to consolidate all of your personal information into one place like Google which provides free services in exchange for selling your information to advertisers. With Glympse yes they know your location briefly but they don't know anything else about you and don't have your email inbox and contacts like Google (if youre a sucker for gmail and everything)
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If this was apple's app - they'd market it better so people would use it.
I blame apple for not updating maps to include these functions
If this was apple's app - they'd market it better so people would use it.
I blame apple for not updating maps to include these functions
Once again the forum regulars prove themselves to be forward looking and posative.
Let's see, shopping at the local outdoor mall, no need to have a meeting time and place yet the kids can shop on their own. Noticing a close friend is at the coffee shop round the corner and saying hi. Not needing to interfer with my wifes calls and still being able to see how close she is to home so dinner can be hot and ready....
Maybe if you guys weren't all dishonest kids that hide from your parents, or cheating spouses, or criminals in training, you could think of posative uses!
Pathetic.
Bravo! Finally a reasonable voice in this cluster of paranoid delusional freaks who don't know the first thing about an app (nor how to read for that matter) but love to scream "IT'S A TRAP!!!!" over and over again.
Here's a thought - I know it's crazy and waaaay out there, but . . . Don't buy it.
1) I don't care where everyone else is.
2) I don't care to tell everyone where I am.
Maybe I'm just starting to get old, but this is like "places" in Facebook, I just don't get why people want everyone knowing where they are and frankly it's a clutter of a mess when I see statuses everywhere saying 'Person X is here, and Peron y is there' all over the place.
All that aside, I do like seeing more Google stuff for iOS
For people saying Divorce rates will go up becasue of this app, I have to ask: Is it the app or stupid people using the app that would make the rates go up?
If divorces did go up from this, it's either becasue people are doing things thay shouldn't and get caught and/or becasue they were to dumb to use the privacy settings.
Option 3: people commenting about an app they knew nothing about.
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Meh, I'll stick with Foursquare. It's more fun, anyway.
Meh, I'll stick with Foursquare. It's more fun, anyway.
The best example I can think of is if you are out on the town bar hopping or just strolling. In the past you could easily be walking down the opposite side of the street as a friend of yours and never know it until the next day at work you're talking about how you were both downtown and wanted to go check out some bands at a coffee shop, but didn't want to go alone. If only there was some way to know when friends were nearby...
As everyone else has said, if you don't want to share location, you can disable it until you do want to share. Or you can share city-level details with some friends. It would be nice to know when some friends are in town on business and maybe meet up with them for lunch or something.
People freaking out over privacy concerns should just pitch their cell phones in general, with or without this app. Your every move is already being tracked in all sorts of ways.
For me, I love this. Pretty cool feature and free!
Why would someone want a cell phone? So no matter where you are you can always reach out and touch someone. Now you can do it in real-time and without the artificial barrier of a phone call.
For me, I love this. Pretty cool feature and free!
Why would someone want a cell phone? So no matter where you are you can always reach out and touch someone. Now you can do it in real-time and without the artificial barrier of a phone call.
They don't need this App to track you already. Your phone always provides your location if the FBI wants it.
Try not to "Friend Stalkers" and other undesirables and you'll be fine. UGH!
I don't get why so many are paranoid about this? I think it's cool Great for when you do have friends to get together with, or track family when visiting a place like NYC so you know where everyone is at. Could be great for companies and tradeshows where you need to find other employees. Also it would be great for my car club so I could see other members when we're all at a rally.
I see nothing evil about this... you can turn it off too.
Sounds pretty creepy to me.
I'll bet the tech-savvy one in a couple or a family can discreetly put this on the others' phones at track them without their knowledge. The potential for abuse is limitless. I don't believe that Google thinks anymore, they just want to dazzle us with what they do without considering the consequences.
I'll bet the tech-savvy one in a couple or a family can discreetly put this on the others' phones at track them without their knowledge. The potential for abuse is limitless. I don't believe that Google thinks anymore, they just want to dazzle us with what they do without considering the consequences.
HUH?
Ahhh... this is just a simple tracking app. Yes it would be nice if it was just a built in feature and may be someday, but what's so bad with what's shown here? Seems decent and Google does good software for the most part.
Your $2000 iPhone (includes what you pay over your 2 year contract) not expense enough?
The second you'd go to your multi-task app bar, you'd see this running in the background... if it was me, I'd want to know what it is and it wouldn't take a genius to figure it out and shut it off.
Again... I think there's nothing evil here and little to no concern for abuse or trickery by spouses, the government, Steve Jobs, Google, my dog, parents or the stalker down the street.
Oh... I put Steve in the list because it really gets a feeding frenzy going with the trolls here on MR.
Yeah, try explaining to your parents that you "accidentally" turned on the privacy feature. Parents buy their kids phones for one reason, to keep up with them. Parents will now force their kids to have this app installed and keep it turned on. Some kids DO need to be watched based on their behavior but this type of app will just make it easier to micromanage children when they are outside of the home.
Perfect! I'll install on the kids phones tonight!!
Yeah... and I remember when it use to cost $.50 a minute to call long distance and now I can talk all day long for as long as I like to anyone in the US for $90 a month. So your point?
Bah, what a CHILD!
My excuse was the switchboard operator must have been on a smoke break!