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iOS 4.2 GM: New Multitasking Bar, MobileMe Login Changes

dwd3885 said:
No wait, if there is a task killer then you blew it! lol.

THere IS a task killer, and no, you don't need it. The OS should be smart enough to manage the memory. Android is. I assume iOS will be.
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What Steve Jobs said was, "If there is a task manager then you blew it." and that refers to the sort of thing that was on LG phones. Not the iPhones list of recently opened apps (which is all it really is) It is not equivalent to a task manager, the sort of thing you see in Windows with alt-ctrl-delete.

EDIT: Exact quote: "In multitasking, if you see a task manager, they blew it. Users shouldn’t have to ever, ever, ever think about that stuff."
 
Stella said:
The multi-tasking bar needs complete re-working.

There needs to be a 'close-all' button. I don't want to have to close multiple open apps one by one, which I have to do regularly.

SJ claimed you won't have to worry about closing apps.. well you do, too many open apps lead to a sluggish device.
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I agree. Angry Birds (yes, I admit it) slows my phone down if I leave it in the multitasking bar. I don't know how, but it just does. It's irritating.
 
Stella said:
The multi-tasking bar needs complete re-working.

There needs to be a 'close-all' button. I don't want to have to close multiple open apps one by one, which I have to do regularly.

SJ claimed you won't have to worry about closing apps.. well you do, too many open apps lead to a sluggish device.
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agreed!

question - will my current iPads apps need to be updated by the developer to be able to multitask, or will they just need to be updated to optimize efficiency in multitasking
 
trevorlsciact said:
What Steve Jobs said was, "If there is a task manager then you blew it." and that refers to the sort of thing that was on LG phones. Not the iPhones list of recently opened apps (which is all it really is) It is not equivalent to a task manager, the sort of thing you see in Windows with alt-ctrl-delete.

EDIT: Exact quote: "In multitasking, if you see a task manager, they blew it. Users shouldn’t have to ever, ever, ever think about that stuff."
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I'm interested: What do you call that bar that contains all running and suspended applications?

( Some may call it a task manager, no? Those applications continue from where I left off... they aren't closed.)
 
andiwm2003 said:
Are you saying my printer that is connected to my airport base station on my network won't work for my iPad via wifi?
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You can't print between an iPad and an Airport directly; however, if you have an Airport printer mapped to a Mac then you can choose to share the printer on the network from the Mac and use it as an intermediary for the Airport. The iPad still see the shared printer when the Mac is asleep, and the Mac doesn't actually wake up to process the request until the print button on the iPad is hit.

Definitely not the greatest solution, but at least it's something.
 
Stella said:
I'm interested: What do you call that bar that contains all running and suspended applications?

( Some may call it a task manager, no? Those applications continue from where I left off... they aren't closed.)
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Those apps aren't running. They've saved their state in cache which is why they open where they've left off.

For the record, I've never noticed Angry Birds slowing my 16GB iPhone 4 down after playing it.
 
UBNO said:
You can't print between an iPad and an Airport directly; however, if you have an Airport printer mapped to a Mac then you can choose to share the printer on the network from the Mac and use it as an intermediary for the Airport. The iPad still see the shared printer when the Mac is asleep, and the Mac doesn't actually wake up to process the request until the print button on the iPad is hit.

Definitely not the greatest solution, but at least it's something.
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That just plain sucks. I have no iMac. Only the base station and a MBP. I don't want to wake the MBP every time I want to print a page.

Are there good third party solutions that allow to print directly via wifi from all/most apps?
 
Can anyone help- I have a registered UDID but can't find the beta anywhere on the Apple devel site....do I actually have to be registered in the developer program?
 
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Amnak said:
j-traxx said:
its a hundred dollars a YEAR!!!!! wtf??? isnt that cheap?
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sure its cheap for business people....for the lay man thats like 1 apple tv a year
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By "lay man [sic]", do you mean "unemployed"?
 
SteveKnobs said:
Can anyone help- I have a registered UDID but can't find the beta anywhere on the Apple devel site....do I actually have to be registered in the developer program?
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yes. 99 dollars, or just look for it in google, a few websites host the files.
 
DTphonehome said:
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By "lay man [sic]", do you mean "unemployed"?
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ha no i was typing and skypeing .... what i should have said is that yes 99$ is a good price for what it provides however more people see that as something nice to have but not necessary.
 
Amnak said:
sure its cheap for business people....for the lay man thats like 1 apple tv a year
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Just look on Amazon or eBay and find the retail box with the activation code, you can generally find them for $40 or $50. I've had .mac for years, and I don't think I've ever paid the $99. I just have an alert in iCal set a few weeks before it expires each year and when it comes time I shop around for the best deal I can find, and just make sure I order and allow enough time to get the box with the code in the mail.
 
DTphonehome said:
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By "lay man [sic]", do you mean "unemployed"?
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Wow! I can't believe you just said that.

A hundred dollars is far more than the average consumer wants to spend.

And if you have multiple people in you family than the price is even more.

$100 a year, is impossible for someone under 14.
 
Mattsasa said:
Wow! I can't believe you just said that.

A hundred dollars is far more than the average consumer wants to spend.

And if you have multiple people in you family than the price is even more.

$100 a year, is impossible for someone under 14.
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+ 1. No doubt his mommy buys it for him, LOL.

$100 is a lot for features that most people don't need. Find my iPhone and other hardware specific features are the only ones that anybody needs. Google is going to trounce the iPhone (it's already got more sold) unless they fix things fast.
 
macsrcool1234 said:
+ 1. No doubt his mommy buys it for him, LOL.

$100 is a lot for features that most people don't need. Find my iPhone and other hardware specific features are the only ones that anybody needs. Google is going to trounce the iPhone (it's already got more sold) unless they fix things fast.
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troll alert!
 
Wait so does this mean that we HAVE to use the apple id that came with our mobileme account? What if we have an apple id thats separate?
 
How exactly do I access the new brightness controls? I only get volume. Maybe I'm missing something. :eek:
 
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Actually, they only added a volume slider but no brightness slider. If you flick past the iTunes control, you should see the volume slider
 
Stella said:
I'm interested: What do you call that bar that contains all running and suspended applications?

( Some may call it a task manager, no? Those applications continue from where I left off... they aren't closed.)
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No, they don't unless they've been updated to iOS 4.x versions. Which supports a suspend sort of thing. Not running. But will open to a specific spot in the app. The cache of the current memory of the app probably is saved into flash, not RAM.

Notice how apps that aren't iOS 4 simply relaunch from the 'task manager'
 
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