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Places
Google Places helps you find all kinds of businesses near you.
1. Tap Home Key >
> Settings > Location & security and tick the Use GPS satellites or Use wireless
networks check box.
2. Tap Home Key >
> Places. Wait while you are being located. Your location, when found, is shown at the
bottom of the screen.
3. Select a business category and the information of that type of business near you will be displayed. You can
also use the Find places search box on the top to find the business you need.
NOTE: Tap Add to add new business categories.
4. Tap a result you are interested in and check out the details and reviews about that place. You can also see
the place on Google Maps, find out how to get there, or give that business a call.
Latitude
Google’s Latitude service is a social tool for sharing your location information with selected friends.
Tap Home Key >
> Latitude to enable Latitude service.
Each time you launch the Maps application, your location will be determined by GPS or the phone network and
your Latitude status will be updated. You can tap Menu Key > Latitude in Maps or tap Home Key >
>
Latitude to see your status as well as that of your selected friends.
In Latitude, tap Menu Key to refresh friends’ status, see them on Maps, add new friends, show stale friends or
change the settings.
To turn off Latitude service, tap Menu Key > Settings > Sign out of Latitude in Latitude Screen.