The author needs to get over himself and copyediting.
Also, the first and second paragraphs are in the wrong order.
IIRC, the iPhone doesn't allow background applications. If that's true, how will an Amber alert application work for folks who have something else to do with their time (and iPhone)?
I would say he's lucky. If I was the smuck sitting in a cubical looking at iPhone App submissions all day, and got one that had a synopsis of "We use the GPS features of the iPhone to track a child's movement so that if they get kidnapped we will be able to respond better to it." the app would get rejected right off. Add to that "Oh, and we're working for a government agency" and now I feel like you're lying to me too.
Also, the first and second paragraphs are in the wrong order.
IIRC, the iPhone doesn't allow background applications. If that's true, how will an Amber alert application work for folks who have something else to do with their time (and iPhone)?