GOOGLE TALK APP FOR APPLE UPDATE
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They tried, but at the end of the day, Apple has to say OK, and they wouldn't do it. I hope that if you do any tech writing about this, that you make it more clear that the disappointment lies squarely in Apple's camp rather than Google's. Jer very disappointing implementation from Google. I'm also not happy that it isn't integrated into Maps. The deal-breaker for me is the lack of continuous background updates. :-(ДЇor months now I've looked forward to Google releasing Latitude coming to the iPhone, but now that it is here I can't see myself using it often.

GOOGLE TALK APP FOR APPLE UPDATE

Thanks but no thanks, too painful to set up and not enough functionality.ДЎ) Apple doesn't want to update the 'core' Maps.app, possibly due to size constraintsДў) they want to push MobileMe's location services.ДЄ very disappointing implementation from Google. I already check my gmail, but loading a separate web app to update my status and c where friends are is a bit silly in a UX perspective! Why not integrate this into gmail web app? When I open gmail in safari on iphone it updates my location, as well offers an option (a map overlay) in gmail to check to see where my friends are? Nothing wrong with Apple wanting to put profit above all, it's just disappointing. Other then Apple's desire to make people pay $99 per year for MobileMe, that is. I mean they already have a live push of one's location via MobileMe, there is no reason why it couldn't work with Latitude. My only hope is that Apple will eventually integrate this into the native Maps app. :( I've been waiting for this for so long too! not when ever I find time to open the web app. When I'm traveling, I want my friends and family to see where I'm at in live display. Yeah, the 'live view' aspect is the whole appeal. That's why Apple recommended Google to release latitude as a browser app instead of a native iPhone app. At Work location, iPhone will be auto set on Vibrate). IMHO, Apple is already planning to release some kind of proximity awareness feature so that iPhone will behave differently based on your location (e.g. I love the concept, but without some sort of native app, there's really no point. I can't even Jailbreak my iPhone to enable 'backgrounder' which COULD keep it running in the background. :-(ДЄnd on top of that, since it ISN'T a native app. No one has time to continually open the web app to update their location.Дisappointing waste of such a neat project. Without continuous background location updates, this is essentially worthless. Give me a native app over a web app PLEASE! Or build in Latitude functionality into the official Maps app. Kind of a hassle to fix problems in reasonable amounts of time should they arise.Дang, we need this for the PrД“ super bad. I suspect this is because Maps is a 'core' app, and thus can only be updated via a firmware update. I have to say that Apple's reluctance to let Google incorporate Latitude into the Google Maps app that they already maintain is puzzling.

I think the main thing is the Gears requirement, but I too was surprised to see that it didn't work on Android.

GOOGLE TALK APP FOR APPLE ANDROID

Jer ALMOST works in WebKit on Android (with user-agent trickery) but some stuff doesn't. I don't know if it supports the Geolocation API, but when I was playing with the SDK, I saw GPS as one of the available services. Has this been tested on the Pre already and deemed not to work, or is this just a preemptive denial? The Pre browser is based on webkit, too. I tried the URL on the Palm Pre and got redirected to a link that went to the installed Google Map app. Seems like it pulls my location from the wifi instead of the gps - Why? So no stand alone app or integration with already in place Google maps ever? People have to use 2 mapping applications one with Latitude and one with out? Did I read this wrong?

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