HTC G2 manual Finding your friends with Google Latitude, To join Latitude, To open Latitude

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Finding your friends with Google Latitude

Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others’ locations on maps and share status messages with each other. In Latitude you can also send messages and emails, make phone calls, and get directions to your friends’ locations.

Your location is not shared automatically. You must join Latitude and then invite your friends to view your location, or accept invitations from your friends.

To join Latitude

SWhile viewing a map, press Menu and touch Join Latitude.

The first time you join Latitude, you’re prompted to accept or reject the Google privacy policy.

When you’ve joined Latitude, the menu item changes to Latitude.

To open Latitude

After you join Latitude, you can open it to find your friends and view their updates.

SWhile viewing a map, press Menu and touch Latitude.

To invite friends to share their locations

After you join Latitude, you can start sharing your location with your friends. Only friends whom you have explicitly invited or accepted can see your location.

1Open Latitude, press Menu, and touch Add friends.

2Touch Select from Contacts or Add via email address in the menu that opens.

If you touched Select from Contacts, a scrolling list of all your contacts opens. Check al of the contacts you want to invite.

If you touched Add via email address, you can enter one or more email addresses, separated by commas, for the friends you want to invite.

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