First iOS 4 Multitasking Aware Apps Appearing in App Store

[spyda]

There is no point, there is only lack of understanding.

4.0, the complete package, is ideal for IM apps. Ideal in a way that has never before existed.

If you're a person who needs IM on their phone, then what you need is:

-Ability to stay online.

-Receive real time messages when in another app.

-Quickly respond and move on.

The new 4.0 Background services enable all of this. Push Notifications is first and foremost for delivering all of your IMs, in real time, sequentially. Fast app switching will save your state so the app resumes as it was when you left. And task completion will serve the person who types, presses send, and leaves.

All the while maintaining battery life, which would be impossible if the app were simply left "open"

But if I switch out of the chat client to another app, it will disconnect me right? So how does that give me the ability to stay online? It doesn't.

 

[abbstrack]

RE: Navigon

Navigon has posted a video that also answers the exact question I posted yesterday about how it will work in this new 'multitasking' environ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35UuWv6JRYg

 

[vigilant]

But if I switch out of the chat client to another app, it will disconnect me right? So how does that give me the ability to stay online? It doesn't.

It all works fine. When you connect with Beejive, or Meebo, or AIM, your phone is connected directly, and whenever it switches, Apple becomes a connection broker for those existing connections. Once a notification is sent from AIM for example intended for you, if the app isn't up, it hits Apple requesting that the message get passed off to the push notification service on the iphone, and thats when it prompts you. When the application comes back up, it retrieves the message, displaying it for you.

It all works seemlessly. Beejive, and Meebo in my experience have done the best job of this so far in making it as uncomplicated, and flexible as possible.

Long story short, Apple keeps a persistent connection to your phone, that provides services to ping your phone, and prompt you for response when there is something ready for you. This is beneficial, because instead of having a background application for everything constantly running for quite literally everything from Tap Tap Revenge, to We Rule, to BeeJive, and AP, and so on and so forth, only foreground applications, and Apple Push Notification is are the only ones constantly running.

The new things introduced in the new iOS4 extends this well beyond just push notifications, and has things like state saves, that will freeze your state on exiting an application, background audio service, background navigation service, local notifications, and task completion.

Whats really interesting is how Apple juggles all of the tasks in memory. I'd recommend to anyone that wants to get their head around this to check out the WWDC videos that are now up.

 

[Razeus]

Evernote now ready

 

[Razeus]

AT&T u verse now updated

 

[blewis1103]

NYTimes app is also ready, using fast app switching.

 

[MRSooner]

Add Facebook to the list.

 

[Razeus]

Add Facebook to the list.

Facebook fix other things. Didn't say it was os 4

Add espn, linkedin, four squareto the list

This is going to a big weekend

 

[blewis1103]

The new Facebook app is a mess, but it seems like it supports the fast app switching.

 

[MRSooner]

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[twoodcc]

now i'm really looking forward to more apps taking advantage of this. and i hope they do soon

 

[noty]

Evernote now ready

Evernote has posted details on how they use multitasking on their blog:

http://blog.evernote.com/2010/06/19/evernote-for-apple-ios4-is-here/

 

[DeepIn2U]

iStat. There is also a Mac app to monitor your Mac(s) from iPhone or iPod Touch.

http://bjango.com/apps/istat/

Is that IP from the screenshot you posted showing the IP from the cellular provider? Interesting.

 

[Razeus]

Pandora Now Available!!!!!!!!!