With multitasking coming to the new iPhone OS 4.0, which was introduced in the presentation today, it’s really going to change a lot of things on the iPhone OS.
When you think about it, a good portion of phones out there (not speaking about the iPod touch devices right now) do not multitask at all. One phone that has introduced a great way of multitasking is the Palm Pre, which we actually do not have an article here about that.
The Palm Pre really introduced a great form of multitasking. Flick an application to close; that was a great idea on Apple’s part.
Apple is taking their same interface at the bottom of their dock on Mac OS X, and making it be the application switcher. I just wonder how easy it’ll be to switch applications. I’m hoping they might put something like Exposé on the iPhone OS.
The only downside to this is that it’s only going to support the third generation iPod touches (the 32GB and 64GB models). Also, and only the iPhone 3GS. Apple is cutting out users like myself because we’re still the “old” users. And of course, like I’ve said before, I only use the first generation iPod touch, which can be quite slow. I guess this is a way on how Apple is to get some more money, but in the long run, will force us users like myself to upgrade in order to get the multitasking functionality.
And from what Apple says, it’ll be shipping this summer. Hopefully, by then, I might be on the newer sides of things to get this multitasking support. I just hope it won’t slow things down too much. I bet it’ll have some limit to it also for many reasons.
In the end of it, us iPhone OS users are finally able to see native multitasking coming to our iPhones and iPod touches. This is one major step for Apple in the mobile market.
What do you think of this new feature? Do you think Apple will be able to implement this so things still run fast and with a very easy way of switching apps?
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The iPhone OS NATIVELY supported multitasking from version 1.0. Ever wonder why Safari opens up so quickly the second time around, or why you can keep listening to music even after exiting the "iPod" app? It's just blocked from the user. However, Backgrounder (available via Cydia) unlocks this functionality and allows it to be used for any application. It works great for me. And guess what? Windows Mobile has supported multitasking from the beginning, lest we all forget. It just was geared towards corporate execs and not average Joes, like the iPhone is, so people accepted the iPhone's limitation because their Motorola RAZR couldn't multitask either.
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LikeWell the fact that they are pulling the only 32 and 64 gb thing again is a little annoying, personally I'm going to get a 32 gb iPad FOR MOVIES but i just don't think the iPod Touch has a big enough screen for that kinda thing. Leaving out the 8 gb model, which we all no will soon be gone, is understandable yet there is no reason that multitasking couldn't be added to that device. It comes down to money Apple is making, wait didn't Steve say thats not what Apple is about.... Weird Marc Billow
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LikeThe iPhone OS NATIVELY supported multitasking from version 1.0. Ever wonder why Safari opens up so quickly the second time around, or why you can keep listening to music even after exiting the "iPod" app?
It's just blocked from the user. However, Backgrounder (available via Cydia) unlocks this functionality and allows it to be used for any application. It works great for me.
And guess what? Windows Mobile has supported multitasking from the beginning, lest we all forget. It just was geared towards corporate execs and not average Joes, like the iPhone is, so people accepted the iPhone's limitation because their Motorola RAZR couldn't multitask either.
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LikeWell the fact that they are pulling the only 32 and 64 gb thing again is a little annoying, personally I'm going to get a 32 gb iPad FOR MOVIES but i just don't think the iPod Touch has a big enough screen for that kinda thing. Leaving out the 8 gb model, which we all no will soon be gone, is understandable yet there is no reason that multitasking couldn't be added to that device. It comes down to money Apple is making, wait didn't Steve say thats not what Apple is about.... Weird
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