See where your friends are right now
Although in most places around the world the BlackBerry is used as a business tool in Kuwait its become a social one. With all my friends practically owning one the built in BlackBerry Messenger is a perfect way to stay in contact with all of them through out the day and a much more efficient way to communicate quick messages. Google Latitude is another application that also helps in being more social by showing you where your friends are around the world at that moment. Basically how Latitude works is you need to install the application on your BlackBerry and then sign in using your gmail account and add other friends who also have Latitude installed. You will then be able to see them on the map like in the picture above.
Latitude has many useful uses, I personally use it to find friends nearby like if I am at the Avenues I check and see which one of my friends is there or like last week I was at Kinkos in Salmiya waiting for something to get printed and then I noticed on Latitude Marzouq was just down the street. Latitude also helped a friend get to a BBQ I was at. He didn’t have the address but since I was already at the BBQ he just looked for me on Latitude and then drove towards me.
But the software isn’t perfect, when you’re indoors the GPS usually doesn’t work so the software uses cell towers to estimate where you are. Sometimes for some odd reason Latitude thinks I am in London or a friend is randomly in Belgium or Pakistan. It doesn’t happen frequently but when it does it can be funny or annoying depending on the situation.
Latitude works on the following phones:
- Android-powered devices, such as the T-Mobile G1
- most color BlackBerry devices
- most Windows Mobile 5.0+ devices
- most Symbian S60 devices (Nokia smartphones)
Its free and you can get it from [Here]
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36 Comments, add your own...
1. HeartBeat | May 24th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Had it on my Nokia N95 for 2 months now but unfortunately non of my friends have it :/
Guys make sure your wives do not know about this!
2. Geek25 | May 24th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
thats sooo not for kuwaitis!! u know why
3. sinner | May 24th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
no love for the iphone = fail!
4. سالم ولد بوسالم | May 24th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
hi5 @ heartbeat :p
5. Realist | May 24th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I’m with my friends at the Avenues……ooops I forgot to turn Latitude off.
6. Nobu | May 25th, 2009 at 12:06 am
How may adults want random friends to know where they are ALL THE TIME?
BIG FAIL.
7. dalal | May 25th, 2009 at 12:08 am
it can also be used for husbands and wives spying on each other
….
8. BlackBarook | May 25th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Another reason why I’m not bothering with the BlackBerry. I have a hard enough time already keep people away, and getting it will make things harder.
9. KTDP | May 25th, 2009 at 12:43 am
… the perfect stalkers tool …. YaY ….. I can now tell where all the nurses are and send assasins after them ….. gotta love google ….
10. abbas | May 25th, 2009 at 3:30 am
lol ktdp you’ve got an evil mind
11. suspic | May 25th, 2009 at 6:06 am
You can also fix your position. =O
Set it to a mosque, while you’re in your mistresses’ house.
12. Frankom | May 25th, 2009 at 7:02 am
now this is cool i did not know that this application runs on Nokia !
14. crooger | May 25th, 2009 at 8:27 am
WOW! NOW I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO RUN MY WIFE ,KIDS AND DEBT!!!
15. crooger | May 25th, 2009 at 8:27 am
WOW! NOW I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FROM RUN MY WIFE ,KIDS AND DEBT!!!
16. baddunk | May 25th, 2009 at 8:57 am
you can manually set it to any location you desire, you don’t have to worry about anyone spying/stalking you if you don;t want it to happen
17. organic kuwait | May 25th, 2009 at 9:18 am
i just love this
18. Q80saracen | May 25th, 2009 at 10:15 am
This is just soo wrong… lol
19. Sn3a | May 25th, 2009 at 10:30 am
although it a good service , people will have no privacy soon
20. cajie | May 25th, 2009 at 10:35 am
If I install it on my E71, will you be my friend?
21. sabah | May 25th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Does it use Wifi to update the status?
22. mb | May 25th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Great now they can spy on me when I tell them I am busy doing something something then they find out I skipped them to go out with other friends
23. Anonymous | May 25th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
This is not a good thing.
24. Sfsa78 | May 25th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
This is so old.. It’s been available thru many social network applications on the iPhone. Taw el naaas! And shakhbareee butons on a phone… So 90’s!! Pay a little more and buy an iPhone.
25. Mark | May 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
its not available on the iphone dude.
26. dj_will | May 25th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
i value my privacy
27. Love collection | May 25th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I’M SO NOT GETTING A BLACKBERRY!!
28. Sfsa78 | May 25th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Mark…
Loopt is one of many applications that was around since iPhone 3g came out. There’s many more similar and better!!
Sorry.. Your wrong mark ;p
29. Mark | May 25th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
How is it better when NO ONE outside the US can use it?
With Google Latitude all you need is a Gmail account.
30. sfsa78 | May 26th, 2009 at 12:03 am
for the iphone.. long time ago!! watch videos…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BziaRelGgTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhId_WG7RA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew94okDkCwU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo9I1j1LYaA
31. Mark | May 26th, 2009 at 12:04 am
except its pretty useless since no one can sign up to it in Kuwait.
32. Sfsa78 | May 26th, 2009 at 12:13 am
There are other simple one.. Just search under social network apps.
33. Mark | May 26th, 2009 at 12:22 am
I did that already and guess what? I found google latitude!
34. Marzouq | May 26th, 2009 at 1:14 am
hahaha! So liked that shit ha negro? hahaha
Nice pic!
35. TanGo | May 26th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
this is NOT good for bad people!
36. gabby | May 27th, 2009 at 9:41 am
check this out new phone from LG its called Crystal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TinvisJsaTg
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