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Details are slim, but word has it that Google’s location-sharing service built into Maps for Mobile will be hitting iPhone before the end of the day. The announcement that Latitude would be making the jump was made by Google VP of Mobile Vic Gundotra at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference not long ago. We had seen Latitude working in the mobile Safari browser in a demo before, Fire up your App Stores, iPhone users, and get ready to catch up to Android and BlackBerry. Jussayin’.
[via Fortune]
UPDATE: So, apparently it’s not a separate app, they’re actually using the Safari-based Latitude model – hit up m.google.com/latitude to update your location. I dunno, doesn’t that seem a little… unwieldly?
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
