Google already knows too much about me, yet Google Latitude’s Location History and Location Alerts features are still creepy. But they’re useful, because together they learn your usual hangouts and know when you don’t need notifications of who’s nearby.
The Latitude XT2 XFR is a ruggedised version of Dell’s XT2 tablet built to MIL-810G standards for taking an ass-beating: It’s got an impact resistant, sunlight-viewable 12-inch multitouch LED-backlit display, compression sealed orifices, and works in temperatures from -23C to 60C.
Google’s finally released their Latitude location service for iPhone—unfortunately, it’s a lame web app. Originally, it was a real application. But Apple thought we would all be horribly confused.
I liked everything about Dell’s Latitude 2100 netbook—I think it’s designed pretty smartly for its target K-12 audience—except for the price. It’s $US370, which is a bit high for an education netbook, no?
The days of stealing mobile phones are almost over: Stealing a homing beacon is pretty stupid, even for dumb criminals. A woman had her purse snatched—but had Google’s Latitude location service running on her mobile phone inside.
Google just reaffirmed that they’re going to be releasing the friend-tracking Latitude app for the iPhone just a few minutes ago. It’s most likely going to be after the 3.0 firmware update is release, but Google also said “soon”. Is summer soon?
Dell’s new ruggedised laptop, the Latitude E6400 XFR, manages to be slimmer—yet manlier—than its first foray into military-grade notebooks, with better ballistic armour, higher drop specs and dust/moisture shielding in 8.5lbs.