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iOS 8 Likely to Bring Split-Screen Multitasking to the iPad
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Why does it? It seems very obvious to me that Apple intends for customers to have one device per person, with one account per person.
Any other option makes no sense to Apple from a financial perspective.
And now I will have a good excuse to buy an iPad Air. I've had an iPad 2 for a long time, and I assume it won't support this feature.
I don't think they will ever add full multi-user support - at least in the near future. They want everyone to have their own! The best we can hope for is a better "kids" mode where you can restrict what apps they can see.
Ya, I can't see anything older than the A7 iPads getting this. And even they might struggle due to RAM. We'll have to see how Apple implements it (if true).
If its one thing I trust Apple to do better than Microsoft or Samsung, its optimize their software for the best possible performance on their hardware.
You have it the wrong way round. iDevices are used in this manner because there is no multi-user login.
Please Apple - even a main and a guest account would do, so I can at least let my mates use my iPad without the constant threat that they're going to change the language, set an alarm for 4am or change my name to C***yMcP*ssFlaps when I'm not looking.
Since when did Samsung invent split screen multitasking? They weren't even first to use it in a tablet.
Surface's implementation of split-screen sucks. I do think split-screen has value, especially when it comes to taking down notes or when you want to look at a website while working in another app. I see this as Apple's implementation of touch-based cut and paste. They took longer to implement it because they wanted to get it right. It's better to delay a feature than to release something that doesn't work well.
Sheeeee.... don't wake the beast.
iOS8 will most likely cripple current iPad HW or reduce the speed significantly during multitasking.
Probably another means to persuade the consumer to an iPad HW upgrade.
I hope those rumors are true. I dont want it on a phone, would just clutter the UI experience, but would love it for the ipad. Though I hope its more intuitive to pair programs than the video attached. WIll be nice to see. I assume its quite a lot of work that needs to go into apps before it works flawlessly - since the whole foundations has not been based on it earlier.
THough, Im mostly curious about OSX 10.10 FInally the OSX gets some extra love.
I will be disappointed if no new hardware comes too though, the iMac can easily update with the latest processor and GPU from nvidia, no point waiting.
THough, Im mostly curious about OSX 10.10
FInally the OSX gets some extra love.I will be disappointed if no new hardware comes too though, the iMac can easily update with the latest processor and GPU from nvidia, no point waiting.
Since when did Samsung invent split screen multitasking? They weren't even first to use it in a tablet.
Since Apple sued them?
Agreed - now that they've brought iPads down to the $299 level, I doubt they see any reason to add multi-user support now. If they thought you should just buy a second iPad before (when the $499 was the only option), they sure as heck think that now.
And I don't blame them. Either you let your kid use your iPad, which you supervise (at least I would), or you buy them their own (iPad or other tablet).
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I do. Figure Apple would need to beef up the specs a bit though to make it work really well (ala OS X).
Great, but you can already do this with a Galaxy Tab or MS Surface. Now lets work kn NFC, Wireless charging and catching up with voice.
Well, with that logic, remove multi user accounts from their Mac offerings too. That way, I can buy 4 $2,000+ Macs for each one of my family members as well as $600+ iPads! I mean gee, my 2 year old should be able to use my account to move my icons around and start downloading email and I should be able to use his Sesame Street learning apps as well! Genius Apple, genius!
edit: I'll say this - if Apple doesn't implement multi-user accounts for the 2 iPads I already have, then I'm selling them both. Only the iPhone is meant to be used by one user and therefore we're better off using them for our mobile needs (especially since bigger screens coming), the iPad is clearly a multi-user device. If I need more power my mobile needs, my family will use our Macbook Airs, for which we have 2 (plus the iMac). Not having multi-user capabilities is completely unacceptable.
iPad is so powerful
I have heard this sentiment expressed several times not just about iPad but, tablets in general. While I find android to be anti-intuitive which is a hindrance to productivity, iOS is very powerful and intuitive. What exactly do you want to do with your iPad that you can't do right now? I am just curious cause I use my iPad for almost everything and my laptop sits on my desk simply as a hub for my files that I mostly access with the iPad.
I have heard this sentiment expressed several times not just about iPad but, tablets in general. While I find android to be anti-intuitive which is a hindrance to productivity, iOS is very powerful and intuitive. What exactly do you want to do with your iPad that you can't do right now? I am just curious cause I use my iPad for almost everything and my laptop sits on my desk simply as a hub for my files that I mostly access with the iPad.
With mates like them, who needs enemies....haha but seriously - why would you let them touch your iPad?
Buy a cheap refurb off the Apple store if you like handing out your iPad so much.
Good luck with that. I think it would be too tough a pill for Apple to swallow from a visual experience and UI perspective. I could MAYBE see them doing it somehow integrated within Apple apps only. Like opening Notes or Pages while reading an iBook, or having Safari open while you are editing a spreadsheet or viewing the Calendar etc. I would welcome something like that.