Locale app for Android "wouldn't even be possible" on iPhone, says MIT $275K winner

Re:Locale app for Android "wouldn't even be possible" on iPh... by jsdalton on Thursday October 02, 2008 @11:06AM (#321767)

Background processing is a big win here.

I think I've probably dreamed up about a dozen cool iPhone apps and then smacking against the "dang, that would require background processing" wall.

I understand Apple's reasoning as far as wanting to manage resources carefully. The problem is that they've missed a huge part of the mobile user experience, which is having a device with you 24/7 that can respond without active user cues. (That's what a mobile phone is after all, in essence.)

Who knows, maybe this is the killer feature for Android. At a minimum, I hope it spurs Apple to deal with background processing instead of simply disallowing it.

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Re:Locale app for Android "wouldn't even be possible" on iPh... by jrockway on Thursday October 02, 2008 @12:21PM (#321840)

I hope it spurs Apple to deal with background processing instead of simply disallowing it.

I hope the iPhone just goes away and we can all get on with our lives. I don't understand why people hope that $FOO changes to be like $BAR when $BAR is already $BAR.

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Re:Locale app for Android "wouldn't even be possible" on iPh... by squelch on Thursday October 02, 2008 @12:27PM (#321848)

because someone mike like $FAR better than $FOO or $BAR

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