Xconomy Interview with Locale

Locale is a Boston-based group, one of 10 winners in the Android Developer Challenge. The app uses location to change parameters on a phone or even send a message to Twitter when the phone reaches a destination. The interview is pretty interesting and highlights what is becoming the clear difference between Andoid and iPhone apps:

X: Now that you’ve created this application for Android, have you thought about building something similar for other devices, like the iPhone?

CJ: We feel like Android is the first operating system to bring everything together that would make our application possible. Our application wouldn’t even be possible on the iPhone right now—not for technical reasons but because of the restrictions Apple places in their SDK, where you can’t run third-party applications in the background. Other platforms have their own limitations. The openness of Android creates an environment for applications that just aren’t possible on other platforms.