Google Latitude works on Pre!

d.moss · 12/15/2009, 04:20 PM

I'm not sure how many have already discovered this, but Latitude does in fact work on the Pre. But, I am pretty sure it works because of the iPhone user agent patch. If you have this patch applied, you can type in latitude.google.com and it will first open a blank web page, then open Google Maps where you will then be able to view and add Latitude friends. Now all we need is an icon to launch it instead of having to type in the url every time. effin awesome!

supercluver · 12/15/2009, 04:24 PM

OH DAMM SWEET! I'm gonna check this crap out now.... I've been missing the google latitude. If it is in fact the case that it works simply because of the iphone user agent spoof, then it would be simple for google to change it so that the default pre user agent also works.... Very simple, and simple for them to write a generic crappy front end app for the pre, just like they did for google maps.... or even integrate this with the existing google maps....

Now I am excited..... just went from six to midnight.

Edit.....
Indeed, without the iphone user agent spoof, it just says sorry, google latitude is not supported on your device.....
GODD@MMIT GOOGLE COME ON AND FIX THIS BS!!!!

d.moss · 12/15/2009, 04:31 PM

ha! yes.. hopefully we see latitude implemented in maps in 1.3.5? what would be cool is if you could search for a contact in google maps just as you'd search for a business.. type in a name and they pop up on the map!

windzilla · 12/15/2009, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supercluver

OH DAMM SWEET! I'm gonna check this crap out now.... I've been missing the google latitude. If it is in fact the case that it works simply because of the iphone user agent spoof, then it would be simple for google to change it so that the default pre user agent also works.... Very simple, and simple for them to write a generic crappy front end app for the pre, just like they did for google maps.... or even integrate this with the existing google maps....

Now I am excited..... just went from six to midnight.

Edit.....
Indeed, without the iphone user agent spoof, it just says sorry, google latitude is not supported on your device.....
GODD@MMIT GOOGLE COME ON AND FIX THIS BS!!!!

I don't have the user agent spoof on either

can anyone else confirm?

d.moss · 12/15/2009, 04:55 PM

no one likes latitude!? i think its pretty cool!

solarus · 12/15/2009, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d.moss

Now all we need is an icon to launch it instead of having to type in the url every time. effin awesome!

You can add a bookmark to the launcher so that should work as a quick link, assuming you told Google to remember you when you first logged in on the browser.

emeraldayotte · 12/15/2009, 05:30 PM

SWEET find! Hopefully this gets corrected by giving us our own Pre version!

Jason Robitaille · 12/15/2009, 05:32 PM

Interestingly, if you go to the page the Google Maps app is based from, Google Maps there's a button called "Layers" that has Latitude options.

windzilla · 12/15/2009, 05:43 PM

working here!

bpdamas · 12/15/2009, 05:50 PM

I don't have the spoof but definitely am interested in this feature. Someone just tell google that there is another company making a rivaling product (cellflare) and they will probably have an update out tonight (referring to google nav destroying tom tom and garmin).

opg4759 · 12/15/2009, 06:00 PM

Latitude is one of the few things I miss from my BB. This will get me by until google decides to finally get it to us palm users officially

Achill3s · 12/15/2009, 08:19 PM

works here as well. What exactly does this do though?

R_E · 08:47 PM

ok, so i go to Google Maps on my laptop and firefox asks me if i want to share my location at the top. So i click yes and my phone gps location appears on my laptop computer. My phone is currently on the same wifi as my laptop, so i imagine it is giving me this info because i'm on the same ip address. crazy though, will investigate moe

edit: So apparently i have somhow confused by phone cuz it just restarted

R_E · 12/15/2009, 08:49 PM

go to this url on your pre:
Google Maps,

it does interesting stuff

mynameisjim · 12/15/2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R_E

go to this url on your pre:
Google Maps,

it does interesting stuff

Do you live in Missoula?

R_E · 12/15/2009, 09:05 PM

nope
random lat. long. i think

Quis89 · 12/15/2009, 09:06 PM

So....what exactly does Google Latitude do? What benefit does it provide for a casual Google Maps user that may increase my use of the app?

R_E · 12/15/2009, 09:09 PM

so google maps is now locating me in the wrong place on my pre when i'm not using wifi
this is weird

d.moss · 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R_E

go to this url on your pre:
[url= Maps[/url],

it does interesting stuff

this is VERY interesting.. weird.. it is unable to find my location.. yet i see a picture of me and my buddy on top of a blank map..

*edit* ok.. now i'm getting map and other stuff.. looks just like it does when inside the maps app.. only its in the browser instead.. hmm..

R_E · 12/15/2009, 09:14 PM

my google maps is acting weird now, keeps causing my phone, or at least luna to restart

12/15/2009, 04:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
supercluver Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 309 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 90 Thanked 85 Times in 56 Posts	OH DAMM SWEET! I'm gonna check this crap out now.... I've been missing the google latitude. If it is in fact the case that it works simply because of the iphone user agent spoof, then it would be simple for google to change it so that the default pre user agent also works.... Very simple, and simple for them to write a generic crappy front end app for the pre, just like they did for google maps.... or even integrate this with the existing google maps.... Now I am excited..... just went from six to midnight. Edit..... Indeed, without the iphone user agent spoof, it just says sorry, google latitude is not supported on your device..... GODD@MMIT GOOGLE COME ON AND FIX THIS BS!!!!
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12/15/2009, 04:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
d.moss Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 541 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 70 Times in 41 Posts	ha! yes.. hopefully we see latitude implemented in maps in 1.3.5? what would be cool is if you could search for a contact in google maps just as you'd search for a business.. type in a name and they pop up on the map!
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12/15/2009, 04:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
d.moss Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 541 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 70 Times in 41 Posts	no one likes latitude!? i think its pretty cool!
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emeraldayotte Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 177 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 33 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	SWEET find! Hopefully this gets corrected by giving us our own Pre version! __________________ "Music is well said to be the speech of angels." - Thomas Carlyle
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12/15/2009, 05:50 PM	#10 (permalink)
bpdamas Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,318 Likes Received: 4 Thanks: 142 Thanked 303 Times in 186 Posts	I don't have the spoof but definitely am interested in this feature. Someone just tell google that there is another company making a rivaling product (cellflare) and they will probably have an update out tonight (referring to google nav destroying tom tom and garmin).
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12/15/2009, 06:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
opg4759 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 12 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 6 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Latitude is one of the few things I miss from my BB. This will get me by until google decides to finally get it to us palm users officially
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12/15/2009, 08:19 PM	#12 (permalink)
Achill3s Forum Moderator Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,999 Likes Received: 59 Thanks: 262 Thanked 539 Times in 392 Posts	works here as well. What exactly does this do though? __________________ Achill3s' Palm Pre: Modded and patched to death!!
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12/15/2009, 08:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
R_E Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 34 Posts	ok, so i go to Google Maps on my laptop and firefox asks me if i want to share my location at the top. So i click yes and my phone gps location appears on my laptop computer. My phone is currently on the same wifi as my laptop, so i imagine it is giving me this info because i'm on the same ip address. crazy though, will investigate moe edit: So apparently i have somhow confused by phone cuz it just restarted Last edited by R_E; 12/15/2009 at 08:47 PM.
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12/15/2009, 08:49 PM	#14 (permalink)
R_E Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 34 Posts	go to this url on your pre: Google Maps, it does interesting stuff
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12/15/2009, 09:05 PM	#16 (permalink)
R_E Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 34 Posts	nope random lat. long. i think
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12/15/2009, 09:06 PM	#17 (permalink)
Quis89 Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 83 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	So....what exactly does Google Latitude do? What benefit does it provide for a casual Google Maps user that may increase my use of the app?
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12/15/2009, 09:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
R_E Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 34 Posts	so google maps is now locating me in the wrong place on my pre when i'm not using wifi this is weird
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12/15/2009, 09:14 PM	#20 (permalink)
R_E Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 329 Likes Received: 5 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 34 Posts	my google maps is acting weird now, keeps causing my phone, or at least luna to restart
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