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You Are here iPhone check in?
Any chance of using the "you are here" iPhone functionality of google maps to check in my location?
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Inappropriate?We are working on a native iPhone application that takes advantage of the "you are here" core location functionality. Checking in will become much easier come June.3 Comments
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That's disappointing to all the users who think a free application, like the numerous ones for twitter (including MobileTwitter and Twinkle), as well as one for Pownce (named Pwnce), using the open application toolkit already available for jailbroken phones, would be just fine. At least, you should release one for each. -
We would love to release a jailbroken version but right now it's a matter of time. We are only a few weeks away from the real deal ;)
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I hear: "We would love to release a Tiger version but sending text to a website is hard! You can buy Leopard, right? Hope you don't mind losing access to Classic!"
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Inappropriate?But "you are here" is not that accurate. I mean it knows the general area and the city but definitely not the street or the building. This would be a lot more useful on the GPS-enabled iPhones since the location feature would be a lot more accurate.2 Comments Add a comment
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That's silly, what about people who are traveling? It could definitely tell if you're at an airport, and such. Turn on your phone when you land, and auto check in. As well, if it knows your last location, it would definitely help with the future "check-out" feature, so people would know that while you're not where you last checked in, you're traveling to your next check-in point.
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We are working on ways to deal with the accuracy issues of the current iPhone. A GPS enabled iPhone, when/if released, will be a better user experience.
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Inappropriate?Just because everyone's going to mention it, Loopt announced an iPhone app at the stevenote.
10:36 am User profiles show a log of where the person has been and the photos they've sent in. It's easy to call or text them as well. Works with Loopt users on other platforms and will be available for free at the launch of the App Store.
10:34 am Next -- Loopt, a location-aware social network. The app displays a map with pins representing where your friends currently are.
- MacRumorsLive
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Hi Thomas. Similar to Loopt, we have leveraged the iPhone's location ability in our native iPhone application. The native Brightkite application will be available for free at the launch of the app store :)
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Sorry, Brady, but I (and hopefully many others) will not be upgrading to 2.0 until it's jailbroken. I disagree with a centralized and controlled repository.
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Inappropriate?I have to agree with you there. We don't like that sort of control either. BTW did I mention we are working on an Android version ;)1 Comment Add a comment
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So does that mean that you'll consider reading iPhone Open Application Development and writing one for jailbroken phones in your free time?
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