Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by todsul » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 1:55 AM UTC

Latitude for Facebook Events
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Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by chexton » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:02 AM UTC

Looks interesting...my main concern with these apps is always battery life. My battery gets slammed even without location updates running in the background.

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by schappim » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:08 AM UTC

chexton wrote: post #2

Looks interesting...my main concern with these apps is always battery life. My battery gets slammed even without location updates running in the background.

I just gave it a go and my battery didn't seem to drain any faster than usual. I can't wait till these guys make an Android version.

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by chrisrickard » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:13 AM UTC

Looks great guys, slick UI, intuitive, and something I have actually been thinking about for a while.

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by nishantm » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:18 AM UTC

schappim wrote: post #3

chexton wrote: post #2

Looks interesting...my main concern with these apps is always battery life. My battery gets slammed even without location updates running in the background.

I just gave it a go and my battery didn't seem to drain any faster than usual. I can't wait till these guys make an Android version.

That is in the works as I type this. We're hoping to get it out as soon as possible!

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by scos506 » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:18 AM UTC

Hi, I'm one of the co-founders. Althought there will always be a certain level of battery drain from use of GPS hareware, we've done extensive research to intelligently balance location updates with energy consumption based on a number of context based factors.

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by chrisrickard » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:26 AM UTC

been using it for about 30 minutes - and the battery life actually seems great

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by BrianGaffney » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:49 AM UTC

I like that I can watch as people arrive.

Nice to see a real time view rather than call people to find out how far off they are.

Would be awesome to see a large number of people descend on a big party or similar.

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by hamidnazari » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 2:50 AM UTC

For a second I was really excited about this, until I realised I don't have an iPhone. Not saying as a startup you should shift your focus on other platforms at all, but are you guys working on an Android app at the moment?

Re: Latitude for Facebook Events

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Post by trotsky » Wed, Mar 28, 2012, 3:00 AM UTC

Would be neat to see a time lapse video of a bunch of guests arriving to a party or other big event sort of in the vein of this fedex plane thunderstorm reroute timelapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrSBzy8NwQ