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Apple Announces Multitasking Experiences for iPad with iOS 9

akm3 said:
It's only two applications fully independent side by side for Air 2 only. The side view, and movie picture in picture work on Air 1 and the mini 2 and 3.
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This is SO COOL! I hate that I can't bring up two apps at once on my iPad now. This changes everything! lol
 
C DM said:
Did the Mac also have a tiny mobile CPU architecture, a smaller mobile GPU, and no ability to have virtual memory. Apples and oranges it would seem.
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What happened to the "Desktop-grade performance", and all those people who're asking for an ARM laptop ? I mean, phones and tablets from a few years ago are able to do it. Despite having smaller mobile GPU, mobile CPUs and stuff.

They way they handle multitasking is far from being a novelty too.

So either Apple was just lazy all those years about this point, or Android / Windows are much more optimized (since they had no problem doing that all those years).
 
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melendezest said:
Didn't Apple just announce that their multitasking only works on iPad Air 2? That leaves every other device out.
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The split screen is the one feature that's available only on Air 2. Some of the other stuff is only available on additional newer phones. And all already have some multitasking.

melendezest said:
My 2 year-old Android phone is able to multitask effectively. Period. So can other (older) tablets out there.
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Your android phone can do split screen multitasking? Or if not, what specifically are you talking about?

My android phones both have the latest OS but no split screen. I like the multitasking but it's not especially different than the multitasking in iOS8 (or even 7).
 
Alenore said:
I mean, phones and tablets from a few years ago are able to do it. Despite having smaller mobile GPU, mobile CPUs and stuff.
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Do what? Split screen? That feature isn't in Android yet although a few specific devices have been hacked to support it.
 
bpeeps said:
Obviously it only supports iPad Air 2 from a RAM perspective, but I still feel pretty shafted owning an Air.
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I feel pretty shafted when Samsung put out a 4K TV after I bought my 1080p. Now that its on sale, it is only $400 more than what I paid. Ugh.
 
milo said:
Do what? Split screen? That feature isn't in Android yet although a few specific devices have been hacked to support it.
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Samsung devices have been able to do splitscreen, multiwindow, PIP for a few years now. These are "officially support" features not "hacks" as you characterize it.

Android is an open architecture. Hardware manufacturers can extend Android in whatever form they choose. These extensions are not "hacks".

But I get it. In the heat of the moment, favorable sentimentality towards Apple would tend to diminish the value or timing of some features that have been around but that Apple later adopts.

I'm glad to see Apple provide this capability for iOS. I'm looking forward to the next gen iPad that will be able to utilize this capability to its fullest.
 
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sracer said:
Samsung devices have been able to do splitscreen, multiwindow, PIP for a few years now. These are "officially support" features not "hacks" as you characterize it.
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My point is that they are hardware specific, not features included in Android.

favorable sentimentality towards Apple blah blah blah...
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Nope. As I said, I'm using Android phones. And that OS doesn't support it yet, looks like probably in Android M.
 
DanGoh said:
Hmmmm. Now thinking about selling my almost pristine 16GB iPad Air and getting a refurbished 64GB iPad Air 2. How much do y'all think I could get on Craigslist?

Ugh but the battery on the iPad Air 1 is better than the Air 2...........
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Don't forget that they've promised us an hour extra in iOS 9.
 
sracer said:
Ah, so you own an iPad Air 1. In your previous comment you neglected to provide that tidbit.

Yes, Apple has done things (more recently than in the past) to give customers reason to pause before considering buying/upgrading.

I bought an iPad 1 when it first came out. Upgraded to a 2. Skipped the 3 (because it was pretty obvious it was going to be short-lived), picked up a 4 with the expectation of keeping it for 3-4 years. The performance degradation of the 4 as a result of iOS 7 and 8 caused me conclude that the 4 will be my last iPad until Apple demonstrates a willingness to preserve customers' investments.

I sat out the Air and Air 2. I will be testing iOS 9 on my iPad 2 and 4 to see how well it performs on those devices. By then, I'll see what the landscape looks like.

As far as protecting my investments in technology, I have found that my Android tablets are still going strong and are still performing as well (if not better due to rooting and debloating). Some make a big deal about "missing out" on newer versions of Android, but having a downlevel version of Android hasn't prevented me from using the apps that I need/want. I suppose that is where fragmentation is a benefit... developers need to support more than the latest version of Android to widen the number of potential customers.
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I fear you were unlucky with your timing.

I had an iPad and iPad 2. I now have the Air 2, which is hugely faster than the iPad 2.

I should imagine that if you bought the Air 3 this autumn, you would be very happy.
 
Those that complain that this is only available for iPad Air 2, remember a few things ....
* Slide Over is almost just as good
* By the time this hits, the iOS 9-native/Split View-capable iPad Mini 4 will be available
* Video/FaceTime PIP, which is pretty darned cool in & of itself, runs on iPad Air/Mini 2.3
 
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Finally there is some sort of split screen multitasking! I almost got a Samsung tablet instead of my air just for that feature. Since I have the air 1 I hope slide over will actually help with productivity. I'm just excited that I won't have to keep switching between apps.
 
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