Comments on: Google Latitude on iPhone and UK T-Mobile G1

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:09:09 +0000

I'm not even sure if it's actually missing… just switched off. It
did appear briefly on a few G1's a while-back (including mine) but
vanished again a few hours later without any firmware update.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:09:00 +0000

I'm not even sure if it's actually missing… just switched off. Itdid appear briefly on a few G1's a while-back (including mine) butvanished again a few hours later without any firmware update.

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:04:59 +0000

Cupcake hit T-Mobile UK G1s back in early May. Google maps 3.0 (which should support Latitude) was included with Cupcake; however the latitude code was disabled in the T-Mobile UK build of the code.

Cupcake on the Magic and Cupcake in the US both had the same version of maps and both had Latitude support. Presumably your Dev G1 is running a dev build of Android rather than the stock T-Mobile UK version.

I noticed maps 3.1.0 on June 16th, not sure of the exact release date. It is up to 3.1.2 at the current time. All versions I have tried from the market have had functional Latitude, its just the one bundled in with the phone OS that lacks support.

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:04:00 +0000

Cupcake hit T-Mobile UK G1s back in early May. Google maps 3.0 (which should support Latitude) was included with Cupcake; however the latitude code was disabled in the T-Mobile UK build of the code.Cupcake on the Magic and Cupcake in the US both had the same version of maps and both had Latitude support. Presumably your Dev G1 is running a dev build of Android rather than the stock T-Mobile UK version.I noticed maps 3.1.0 on June 16th, not sure of the exact release date. It is up to 3.1.2 at the current time. All versions I have tried from the market have had functional Latitude, its just the one bundled in with the phone OS that lacks support.

By: Mac Morrison

Mac Morrison — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:38:17 +0000

I've had latitude on G1 (ok dev1) for ages. as you say you get the Google maps update via market place. which is easier than having to update the whole OS to get one new program. Magic shipped with cupcake and google maps hit around then. is G1 shipping with cupcake yet?

But it doesn't highlight it as an update automatically, though i suspect now app store knows i downloaded it - any more updates will be flagged.

It's not on by default you have to 'join latitude'. but having it as a separate app on iPhone is crapola. It's the maps integration that is the benefit.

By: Mac Morrison

Mac Morrison — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:38:00 +0000

I've had latitude on G1 (ok dev1) for ages. as you say you get the Google maps update via market place. which is easier than having to update the whole OS to get one new program. Magic shipped with cupcake and google maps hit around then. is G1 shipping with cupcake yet?But it doesn't highlight it as an update automatically, though i suspect now app store knows i downloaded it – any more updates will be flagged.It's not on by default you have to 'join latitude'. but having it as a separate app on iPhone is crapola. It's the maps integration that is the benefit.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:09:00 +0000

I’m not even sure if it’s actually missing… just switched off. It
did appear briefly on a few G1′s a while-back (including mine) but
vanished again a few hours later without any firmware update.

By: chewtoy

chewtoy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:04:00 +0000

Cupcake hit T-Mobile UK G1s back in early May. Google maps 3.0 (which should support Latitude) was included with Cupcake; however the latitude code was disabled in the T-Mobile UK build of the code.

Cupcake on the Magic and Cupcake on the G1 in the US both had the same version of maps and both had Latitude support. Presumably your Dev G1 is running a dev build of Android rather than the stock T-Mobile UK version.

I noticed and installed Maps 3.1.0 on June 16th, not sure of the exact release date. It is up to 3.1.2 at the current time. All versions I have tried from the market have had functional Latitude, its just the one bundled in with the phone OS that lacks support.

By: Mac Morrison

Mac Morrison — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:38:00 +0000

I’ve had latitude on G1 (ok dev1) for ages. as you say you get the Google maps update via market place. which is easier than having to update the whole OS to get one new program. Magic shipped with cupcake and google maps hit around then. is G1 shipping with cupcake yet?

But it doesn’t highlight it as an update automatically, though i suspect now app store knows i downloaded it – any more updates will be flagged.

It’s not on by default you have to ‘join latitude’. but having it as a separate app on iPhone is crapola. It’s the maps integration that is the benefit.