I guess it would depend on what apps, to be honest. Did they use Safari in the mix?
I wouldn't use iMovie on an iPad at all, period. That's asking for trouble.
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iOS 8 Likely to Bring Split-Screen Multitasking to the iPad
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I guess it would depend on what apps, to be honest. Did they use Safari in the mix?
I wouldn't use iMovie on an iPad at all, period. That's asking for trouble.
I get why some want the multi user accounts, and I would welcome the feature.....
But there isn't any way in hell I'd let my kid play with MY iPad. I use it far too much and am not going to throw some massive protective case on it so they won't break it.
Kid can either save up and buy him/herself one OR I'd just get them their own. Multi-user account feature or not.
I'm likely not the only one who thinks this way either - just to share the OTHER side.
I agree, one of the things I most want is this!!! Here is keeping my fingers crossed that it happens!
This is my number two most talked about feature! I hope this happens also. However I hope they do it like BB did, where you can have your work account and personal account split, but can access each with a swipe!
Yea. Don't think we would have seem this with Steve & Scott. Thank you Tim, Craig and Jony. Now make sure the next iPad has 2GB ram.
Wouldn't be here with out Steve and Scott.
i like it but truthfully, the only time i'll use it is when i'm watching a video. i hate leaving the video to go check on email, or imessage, or something on the internet about the movie.
What's the point of this? I can't even run apps on my ipad air without apps crashing due to low memory. Running two apps at the same time!? As jayZ would rap....n////a please!
While I'll agree with you about the Android thought process for most tablets, this does not apply to all. I have 5 different tablets at my house and the one that I use the most because it's the most powerful for productivity is my Note 10.1 2014. It does everything and more over my iPad Air which is still a fantastic device in itself.
That's years of effective marketing for ya
That or the fact that, despite the lack of this feature, the iPad is still better for millions of people.
While split screen might be nice on a few occasions (in my use case), it honestly doesn't make a big difference to me with regards to my choice of tablet.
Only useful on really large screens... and possibly just video-conferencing, in which case it could just be wrapped into a decent FaceTime with live content sharing.
When the Apple fans can no longer pooh-pooh the competition, and their advances, they always revert to the "ah, but Apple will do it better."
Right on cue!
Slide to unlock was also on Windows CE in 2005, but Apple still claimed that Samsung stole it from them - and won.
And the multi-tasking interface that Apple does have was taken from WebOS/Palm Pre in 2009.
And Apple stole slide-from-top notification center from Android, and now Apple is "following" with larger screens, possibly NFC, etc.
For what it's worth, I'm totally FINE with all of the above. Competition borrowing and refining makes better interfaces. But Apple's self-righteous stance in this area feels hypocritical since they steal just as much... going back to complaints about Windows copying Mac, when Mac was copied from Xerox in the first place.
Can someone tell me which Program was used for the mockup. these Animations look pretty cool and fluid.
I'd use it occasionally on my Retina iPad mini (perhaps more for copying items from one to another), but on a larger screen iPad Air I could see using it more often. Now that Office for iPad is for real, I could see using Word and Excel side by side. Or even Safari and Facetime.
Like the poster you quoted, we'd like to hear about some of these specific things the Note 10.1 (or other tablets) do over the Air.
Not trying to be snarky or anything. I am literally curious. I hear that phrase - "the iPad just can't do the things my _____ can do" - but no one expounds on it (aside from mentioning PS3 game controller support or torrenting).
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Only on the iPad 4 and air probably
I'd be willing to bet not even on the iPad 4.....likely Air and up to start, maybe rMini as well. A7+ required.
If I'm correct, this is a feature already implemented in Microsoft's surface. So technically, no innovation (unless you were being sarcastic
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Or, we literally hope Apple will do it better because Samsung's iteration is limited to few apps and is often disabled as worthless.....
The problem with many people's posts is that they see "split screen multitasking" and assume it will look EXACTLY like current implementations. Now, maybe, it will look exactly (or very similar) to current implementations. But we don't know that yet.
I understand your quote from Apple's perspective, but as a consumer, why would I care about iPad sales? I get no benefit from it. As a family of 4, multi-user accounts would have me update my iPad2 immediately. Right now my wife and daughters use the iPad. I rarely touch it. We have it restricted based on my youngest (8). I use my MBA or Nexus 7.
It's not like user profiles are a new concept. Even the cheapest tech these days have profiles. Apple should have done it a long time ago. My iPad2 isn't going to last forever. My next family tablet will have multi-user capability. For Apple to get my money, the iPad has to have it.
On topic: Split screen would be nice since there are some use cases where I can see the benefit. Multi-user would be better.
The quoted poster was merely providing evidence why Apple likely isn't in any hurry to implement multi-user, not why the poster (or any consumer) doesn't want it.
"After hearing about the pioneering GUI technology being developed at Xerox PARC from former Xerox employees like Raskin, Jobs negotiated a visit to see the Xerox Alto computer and Smalltalk development tools in exchange for Apple stock options.[3] The final Lisa and Macintosh operating systems used concepts from the Xerox Alto, but many elements of the graphical user interface were created by Apple including the menu bar, pop-up menus, and the concepts of drag and drop and direct manipulation."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS
Patents are on specific concepts and not general ideas. Samsung's attorneys were exaggerating when they claimed Apple was trying to patent the rectangle (for what it's worth, Samsung has design patents on rectangles with rounded corners, too, as do every car manufacturer).
I don't recall the specific slide-to-unlock concept on WinCE, though in Europe there was a phone that came out in 2006 that had it, and so Apple's patent there was invalidated.
As for Mac and Xerox, it's a myth that Apple "stole" Mac OS from PARC. Apple licensed it from Xerox, and offered them stock, which Xerox sold. Also, Apple made significant changes to the user interface. Microsoft, on the other hand, basically copied entire elements from Mac OS. Blame John Sculley, who gave Microsoft an open-ended license in exchange for a one-year exclusivity deal on the original Microsoft Office. Subsequent Apple management later tried the "look and feel" argument to attempt to limit the damage, but the courts disagreed. Microsoft got a little greedy again and copied QuickTime (to which it didn't have a license). That's how Steve Jobs was able to extract the agreement with Microsoft back in 1997 to continue writing Office for Mac and supporting Apple's development efforts. He threatened a $1 billion lawsuit and settled for something that proved far more valuable.
My guess is that is what Apple is after with Samsung. Remember, they settled with HTC, have a cross-licensing agreement with Microsoft, and a stand-still agreement with Nokia. They probably want a cross-licensing agreement with a "do not clone" clause. They have that with HTC, and it hasn't stopped HTC from building the One M8, which matches Apple's build quality and runs Android, but doesn't look like an iPhone clone the way the early Galaxy phones did.