Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.

– July 23, 2009Posted in: Analysis
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img 0080 133x200 Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.Google has finally gotten around to launching its location-based network, Latitude on the iPhone. The service, which has been around for months on the web and Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices may finally be ready to take off now that it’s on the hottest smartphone on the market. But there’s a problem — and it’s a big one.

Latitude, like all other third-party iPhone apps, cannot run in the background on the device.

While you might think this would be extremely obvious, there is a big difference between Latitude and many of the other apps built for the iPhone: Latitude is entirely browser-based. Yes, there is no native Latitude app, and there was some thought that since the mobile version of Safari on the iPhone can technically run in the background, that maybe it would allow apps like Latitude to also do the same. Sadly, that is not the case.

Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.

Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.

Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background. Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background. Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.

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