Google Latitude App for BlackBerry Review

Google has come under a lot of media scrutiny and public fire lately because of a series of apps released for multiple platforms that infringe on privacy rights. At least, this is the story that you’ll hear from the people that are critical of what Google has done. However, all of these apps have privacy settings and are completely optional to use and therefore Google has done nothing more than make innovative and interesting app products available for people to try. One such product is Google Latitude, an interesting tracking app that will give you some serious power.

Create a network of friends

The first step in making Google Latitude BlackBerry app work for you is to create a network of friends. You do this by adding people that also have the app to your list of friends and eventually end up creating a social network. It is once you’re done with that activity that you can expect Google Latitude to showcase its awesome raw power.

Track your friends

With Google Latitude app for BlackBerry, you can quickly see where you friends are on the map. All you need to do is turn Latitude on and then switch over to the map in order to see what the people on your friends list are doing. You can check to see if anyone is in your area and might be interested in hanging. You can check to see when relatives are on their way home. Tracking can become very valuable for you and that is the service that Google Latitude provides for free.

Set your privacy preferences

Privacy preferences are available with all types of applications, but since Google has been criticized on the grounds of being insensitive to privacy concerns, it is worth specifically mentioning privacy options in this review. You can get Google to update your location for your friends automatically (the default privacy option). Additionally, you can manually select a map location for them to see. Finally, you can also just hide your location so that your friends cannot see you. Since you can switch between these three modes with the click of a button, you really do have maximum control over your privacy even when using Google Latitude aggressively.

Final Score

We think that this free BlackBerry app is simply phenomenal, privacy concerns aside. That’s why we’ve decided to give Google Latitude app for BlackBerry a final score of 9.5 out of 10.