How to start using Latitude in iPhone?

Its as simple as visiting google.com/latitude from your iPhone to start using Latitude. No application is required to download from Appstore as Apple requested Google to release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid conflicts with inbuilt Maps on the iPhone.

How to bookmark Latitude to your homepage if wish to access quickly and regularly?

Just open Latitude in Safari and tap the + icon > Add to Home Screen > Add.

Privacy

You can also manually set your whereabouts using Latitude by modifying your privacy settings, instead of detecting your location automatically.

You can also make custom settings for each friends in your network. Unfortunately, if your Boss is in your network you may want to sometimes hide him or select “Share only city level location”.

What is not good with Latitude on iPhone?

Since Latitude is browser based in iPhone, it does not run in the background and hence continuous location tracking is not possible like in Blackberry and other mobile OS. So the workaround is to launch the Latitude using Safari and it gets updated with your current location. This is also good in a way you can save $$ for your data plan

I found a very simple tiny application called “CaptureiT from TechMogul“. You can download this program over-the-air, and later you assign this to your Blackberry’s convenience keys. As you press the convenience key, your BlackBerry snaps the current screen and save it in your media folder automatically. Go to the Techmogul download page directly from your BlackBerry, download and install it. If application errors, make sure permissions are set to allow by going to:

Option > Advanced Options > Applications > CaptureiT > Edit Permissions

To set CaptureiT with your favorite convenience key, go to: Options > Screen/Keyboard (I set mine to Left side)

Purplera1n’s jailbreak now available for  both Windows and Intel Mac computers to unlock the iPhone 3GS. By jailbreak-ing, iphone 3GS owners can download Cydia in their iPhone which helps them to install unofficial applications.

What is good in Jailbreak-ing?

Once you have Cydia (like App Store) installed on your device, you may continue to install UltraSn0w that unlocks the iPhone 3GS. The benefit is users now can choose any service provider’s SIM card on their iPhone without getting stuck by selected service provider’s locked iPhone.

As per dev team blog, “those unlucky users who updated iPhone 3.1 SDK before may not be able to unlock their iPhone.”

Here are some cool FAQs on Jailbreak:

• What is jailbreaking?
• Why jailbreak?
• How do I jailbreak?

Email copy and paste feature is fantastic. I have been waiting for this long time. You can copy selectively and entire mail by simply touch on the screen. See this screen captures, it explains more than I write.

Compose a new mail. Touch the screen, and paste it.

MMS was another cool thing Apple introduced in iPhone 3.0. Though I have used MMS in many other mobile phone models in the past, it feels a fresh experience to me doing MMS with iPhone 3.0 – again, love the usability part. Some screen captures here:

I know this sounds silly to say that I am excited to have forwarding of SMS feature in new iPhone 3.0. But at last, SMS forward feature is here. Again, love the user experience. In the below screen capture, I was trying to forward  a picture of beautiful house.

Copy and paste works in SMS as well. No more complaints

Searching mail made easy within the email client. Earlier, if I want to search something on my Gmail, I still would go to mobile version of web mail client on my iPhone and do the search.

Voice Memos – I personally love this additional built in application to record the voice. It helps me to take note while am on the road easily.

Search iPhone – This is like my Google Desktop Search. It searches the entire iPhone start from the applications to drill down your emails.

Lastly, the modem support (Internet Tethering) is now available. I found this info in TechNotes

You have to press the sleep and home buttons same time. Then, you hear a camera click sound with screen flash in white. A screen capture will be stored into your “camera roll” with .png image file format.