All the stuff that Android 2.1 does, right now, on better hardware than the iPhone in several cases, huh?
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iPhone OS 4.0 to Bring Exposé-like Multitasking?
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All the stuff that Android 2.1 does, right now, on better hardware than the iPhone in several cases, huh?
So does that mean that every app now runs in the background when you press the home button to get to the home screen?
I wish they would at least add the ability to get more than one push notification.
iPhone 4.0 mostly software or hardware
My wife is bugging me for an iPhone. Will 4.0 bring most features to 3GS hardware. For casual user, is there a reason to wait?
My wife is bugging me for an iPhone. Will 4.0 bring most features to 3GS hardware. For casual user, is there a reason to wait?
Hey, maybe video calls would be a reason to wait - but ask ur self, do u gonna use it, if so, twice in ur life? Anyway it's not even sure it gonna be in new iPhone 4G, I'm definitely happy with 3GS version so I'll stay on that...
I'm really looking forward to test out 4.0 os for iPhone
Fail. 1987. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS#System_Software_5
(And really, if you want to be technical, Switcher dates back to 1985 or earlier.)
Prepare to be blown away in June. It's not about multitasking, it's all about Apple's particular implementation of it. Just like they way they handled copy and paste.
Brilliant.
LOL. You get excited easily.... Yeah, it took 3 years for copy/paste and it worked almost as well as on my old HTC phone.
Now, based on history, Apple's "particular implementation" of multitasking will likely be some severely restricted method, designed to mainly address the 4 years of criticism about the lack of this basic feature found on virtually every other smart phone.
I expect you'll be just as elated when G5 brings in Flash Lite, by which time the Androids will be doing 3D movies....
I agree, selecting desired text in iPhone OS is just a tad bit easier than it is in the Android 2.1 devices, not much, but enough that I wish Android would rip it off.
That is the "magic" of Apple - take what others have already done, glitz it up and make it simple to use.
i wouldn't be surprised if this is limited to the 3gs and iphone 4. on my 3g, if i have push mail on, ipod playing, safari webpage open then try to open a third party app, safari is getting killed and likely mail too.
june can't come soon enough, i'm tired of freeing memory on my slow ass 3g
june can't come soon enough, i'm tired of freeing memory on my slow ass 3g
Double-clicking of the Home button is already customizable. You have the choice of "Home", "Search", and "iPod" right now. Settings > General > HomeGood news but... Double clicking the home button? I'm too used to see the iPod controller pop up
Why don't you buy a mobile broadband card instead of being cheap? You can get a card from ::gasp:: AT&T or Sprint or Verizon or T-Mobile.
Also, calling AT&T *******s for not bowing down to your every whim isn't mature...
With multi-tasking out of the way, people can find some other missing feature to bitch about.
Haha ya. I think that will be Spring Board. That really is becoming needed. There are sooo many apps that we need to have a better organization scheme than icons everywhere on a million screens!
Just what the Home Button needs; double clicking. They're flimsy enough already!
Um, they seem pretty good solid quality to me. Never had a problem with them nor do I know anyone that has and I know LOTS of people with iPhones! Besides there have been double click options on it for quite some time.
I think they will be in harmony. Read this:
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...t_multitasking_via_expose_like_interface.html
I makes very good sense and is MUCH more efficient!
Remember the blank key on the keyboard dock for the ipad? Well there is a use fo it now
People were whining sooo much about the iPad and I knew when it only ran OS 3.2 that 4.0 would come soon and add a lot of features like this to it. Very soon it will have multi-tasking, printing, etc. The more I find out abotu the iPad the more I want one!
Oh, I don't know. Maybe because I actually have tethered my iPhone to a computer a grand total of maybe 5 times since July of last year? Not going to pay $30 a month for something I only use in a pinch.
Besides - I use far from the supposedly unlimited 5GB per month... I don't think it's unreasonable to allow it. Honestly, I would rather pay $20 for 500 MB/month with the ability to tether than $30 for unlimited/month without the ability to tether.
Furthermore, tethering was promised alongside MMS capabilities by Ralph de la Vega. I'm just wanting a feature the rest of the developed world has on their iPhones (for free in most cases)
Sounds awesomeif the memory is there to make it work well (which it hasnt on other devices). Still, new hardware with more memory is on the way.
I just hope developers dont think this is good enough and fail to take advantage of Push serviceswhich for many common needs is actually a far superior solution. (Pandora not being one of them )
I just hope developers dont think this is good enough and fail to take advantage of Push serviceswhich for many common needs is actually a far superior solution. (Pandora not being one of them
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Why pay for data twice? He's already paying for "unlimited data" on his iPhone - even if that "unlimited" means 5GB. And maybe he doesn't want to carry around two devices, both of them emitting cancer-causing RF near his body.
Also, it's not mature to call someone else names (cheap) in a forum, is it?
You also miss the point that AT&T stated that tethering would be availbe sometime in 2009 on the iPhone, like it is with every other smartphone they offer. On my calendar, it's already the end of Q1 in 2010 and there's still no hint from AT&T about the long ago promised tethering ever making it to the real world.
NO MORE CELL PHONE, Skype on my Ipad!
I will be getting an Ipad if multitasking is enabled and I will be getting rid of my Iphone and phone service alltogether if this is a new feature. Skype will be able to run in the backround so I can also receive calls through Skype even if I'm in another app. I have a SkypeOut unlimited plan for $2.95 a month. Sweet.
I will be getting an Ipad if multitasking is enabled and I will be getting rid of my Iphone and phone service alltogether if this is a new feature. Skype will be able to run in the backround so I can also receive calls through Skype even if I'm in another app. I have a SkypeOut unlimited plan for $2.95 a month. Sweet.
Why do you need "true" multitasking? You can't use more than one app at a time, so what difference does it make?
And how many of all Android models released so far can be upgraded to 2.1?All the stuff that Android 2.1 does, right now, on better hardware than the iPhone in several cases, huh?
Maybe I'm timing a roast in the oven and would like the timer to keep working while I look at email/surf the web/take a phone call.
I welcome the multitasking of 3rd party apps, but I'd prefer if there was an option that asks me if I want a particular app to run in the background. I never had a need for multitasking. Either way, no solution will make all parties happy.
This is bit like a buffet in a restaurant, you might pay for unlimited food but you are not allowed to take any food with you out of the restaurant.
We must be on the same wavelength
Yeah, I noticed that.
My Nexus One multitasks just fine, press the home key and your 6 most recently used apps popup.
It's also $20/month cheaper for unlimited everything than my iPhone 3Gs with 450 mins plan is.
Along with that cheaper rate, I also get wired tethering and even wireless tethering (just like a MyFi in my pocket), and top it off with T-Mobile's 3G service is faster than AT&Ts in most of the areas I frequent. Of course, T-Mo's coverage just sucks for many people.
Apple and AT&T could learn a lot from Google and T-Mo in my opinion.