Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
He mentioned it once on a MacBreak Weekly episode. I don't remember which one. He's also mentioned on that show that Craig Federighi is known to be more of a tech geek than Scott Forstall was.
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Apple Working on Split-Screen Multitasking, Multi-User Support for iPad
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He mentioned it once on a MacBreak Weekly episode. I don't remember which one. He's also mentioned on that show that Craig Federighi is known to be more of a tech geek than Scott Forstall was.
You're wrong, the platform already supports multi tasking, and at any given movent several processes runs at the same time on iOS already.
It is, except the "Macbook" name bit. iOS is going to evolve and get some of the Mac users, but a Mac is still going to be Intel + OSX.
NT1440
macrumors P6
Uh ? iOS has had multitasking enabled for Apple apps since day one (and to third party with jailbreak, it was only a matter to change some flags on programs), it could not have worked as a smartphone without multitasking.
Third party apps have had official access to multitasking since iOS 4.
So, you are very incorrect in your statement. You're confusing an OS feature (multitasking) with a GUI feature (multi-windowing). The later can be enabled without multitasking, you had text based multi-windowing GUI on top of DOS with only task switching and no multitasking whatsoever.
Just get a real computer and tablet: a Surface Pro 3. The Macbook Air doesn't even have a touchscreen.
See? Two can play this ridiculous game.
Exactly. Like multitasking on iOS is made for mobile devices instead of just being a copy of the options from desktop computers like on Android. As a result, iOS background applications are a small drain on the CPU and battery, because they have a lot of options to only run what they need. Whereas an Android background applications can be awfully coded and drain the battery in a couple of hours (this has happened several times on my Nexus).
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Well, you said iOS does not have multitasking when it has had multitasking for years. I would say you're the one a bit confused here... Though you're not the only one, a lot of people seem to think iOS does not have multitasking, because they do not understand what is multitasking...
No I didn't. I continued a discussion about the lack of multi-tasking on iOS where it's perfectly understood from context what is meant.
I'm aware that the OS supports, multitasking, concurrency, parallelism yada yada.. (look at post #77 prior to yours) since it share the core os with OS X.
rjohnstone
macrumors 68040
Isn't this a switch... Apple copying Samsung. 😉
All the features mentioned have been offered on the Tab Pro for a while now.
The one thing Apple needs to nail is multi user switching.
It works fine on Android, but can be better. (Smoother)
It's a bit clunky to setup.
All the features mentioned have been offered on the Tab Pro for a while now.
The one thing Apple needs to nail is multi user switching.
It works fine on Android, but can be better. (Smoother)
It's a bit clunky to setup.
Why not? The Samsung Tab A does it and it's pretty much the same size as the Mini and less powerful.
Yojimbo007
macrumors 6502a
Split screen is good but we need resizable windows..
We need serious ram.
We need a serious flexible file managment system .
We need capability to run full fleged applications not waterded down apps.
We need an accurate input device ( the rumored stylus maybe?)
Given the above we will have a pro divice.
Larger screen and split screen alone does not make it a pro device .
We need serious ram.
We need a serious flexible file managment system .
We need capability to run full fleged applications not waterded down apps.
We need an accurate input device ( the rumored stylus maybe?)
Given the above we will have a pro divice.
Larger screen and split screen alone does not make it a pro device .
Split screen multitasking was introduced in tablets running Windows 8 and Windows RT.
PowerBook-G5
macrumors 65816
I was thinking the same thing, but for my iPad for school. They required us to buy an iPad and install a management profile on it, which totally pissed off everyone. With the ability to have two accounts, then I could keep my personal life on one part, and school stuff on the other.
class77
macrumors 6502a
sracer
macrumors G4
The only things standing in the way of "full fledged applications" are customers willing to pay for the value of those "full-fledged applications".
In an ecosystem overflowing with freemium and $0.99 apps it is difficult to swim against that tide with a "full-fledged application" that sells for $30-40.
rjohnstone
macrumors 68040
Surface was introduced in June of 2012... 4 months AFTER the Note 10.1 tablet was introduced (shown at MWC in Feb 2012) it came with split screen multitasking. 😉
It's like people who assume because the iOS home screen lacks widgets the entire OS is dumbed down. Or for stupid people. Or not as advanced as Android.
They ignore Swift, Metal and countless other app technologies and are fixed in an anti-Apple bias.
If any company built their own OS + App Store, and sold phones that were more profitable than competitors - who get the software provided for free by Google - they would be applauded.
If any other company released a phone with a <2GHz processor with <2GB of RAM that could rival a Galaxy Note 4, it would be a huge deal.
If the Apple Watch had come from any other company and been running a modified version of Android Wear, it would be applauded by the same people.
Or if the sales figures for Apple Watch and Android Wear devices were flipped, Android fans would say "haha Android is crushing Apple".
Sorry to rant. 🙂
Split screen, multitasking and snapping were unvieled in 2011 and developer preview were also released in 2011.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/microsoft-unveils-windows-8-tablet-prototypes/
Article Date: June 1st, 2011.
bawbac
macrumors 65816
Apple knows what the public needs/wants but they will continue to add incremental small changes so they can string alone it's consumer base to upgrade to get features that are 3-5 years old.
This has always been their strategy but I think the next iPhone release will be a telling sign of people tired of Apple governing remedial features.
2015 will be the start of declining attraction to Apple products.
sracer
macrumors G4
Really? Why should I have to download one? It's stock on the iPhone so why shouldn't it be on the iPad? I don't care how many there are in the App Store. Can an App Store calculator app put a shortcut in the control center? Didn't think so.