A Google Latitude iPhone app was out in the wild last night but only briefly and only if you happened to be searching the Japanese iTunes Store. TechCrunch spotted the rogue location aware app standing on Apple’s street corner begging to be bought (yes, we just made an app as hooker analogy) but by the time it posted a story, the Google Latitude iPhone app had gone…
In May, Google revealed that it was considering a native Google Latitude iPhone app for iOS 4.0. It’s been available for some time as an HTML5 app but not natively. The issue of course was Apple’s love of control. Google made it known that it was sure a Google Latitude iPhone app would end up in limbo like Google Voice did for months.
However, it seems like those issues are over and a Google Latitude iPhone app is coming soon. It may be that the release on the Japanese app store was simply a little premature. We’ve snagged the iTunes description of the app so you can see what you’ll get from Google Latitude iPhone whenever the search supremos do decide to take the covers of it:
“With Google Latitude, see where your friends are right now. Latitude lets you stay in touch with your friends and family by making it easy to share where you are and see each other on a map.
With Latitude, you can:
* See your friends on a map – find out who’s nearby and meet up.
* Share your location continuously with whomever you choose – help friends and family stay in touch with you, even when you can’t take out your phone.
* Control your privacy – share only city-level location, hide your location, or turn off background updating at any time.
Latitude lets you share your location in the background, even when the app is closed or your device screen is locked. Background updating requires an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 with iOS 4 or above.
You can also enjoy Latitude from your computer at google.com/latitude to see where your friends are or turn on optional apps such as Google Location History for a personal history dashboard.”
Let us know: are you bothered about Google Latitude iPhone’s arrival?
Out TBC | £free | Google (via TechCrunch)
