its still just rumor and I am guessing it will only work on the new iPhone. Guessing the new iPhone will have a multicore processor in it.
Multitasking doesn't require a multicore processor.
its still just rumor and I am guessing it will only work on the new iPhone. Guessing the new iPhone will have a multicore processor in it.
The 3GS upgrade was worth it for application launch speed and responsiveness alone.
The main problem with iPhone, not a lack/presence of something, but the total control from Apple, even when you use it. People who are not comfortable with this idea will never buy iGadgets.
Flash, or the lack thereof.
+1
the 3G to 3GS upgrade was pretty pathetic. its looking like this upcoming phone is going to be an actual upgrade this time.
Here's what I'm thinking as a way to do multi-tasking and not killing battery life/smoothness of other apps. Apps will have a choice of two different ways to act when in a multi-tasking mode.
1. Full running - This is the traditional way, where the app is running like normal. Apps going this route would be things like Pandora, Navigon, etc. Basically, apps that require constant processing to accomplish their purpose even when the user isn't looking at them. My guess is most apps wouldn't need to be in this mode.
2. Freeze apps - This is where I see most apps falling. Most apps really don't need to be running while you're not looking at them, so why waste the proc cycles? This could be integrated with push notifications so that if one comes in for a running app, that app can be unfrozen in the background, allowed to update, then refrozen. Then, when the user comes back to that app, it's updated with the new notification waiting for them. Examples would be things like Facebook, Twitter apps, and IM apps.
Thoughts?
i wonder what the iphone/ipad haters will move on to as their primary complaint if this is true?
i wonder what the iphone/ipad haters will move on to as their primary complaint if this is true?
How about a double-finger swipe down to go back to the last app/thing you were doing and a double-finger swipe up to go forward?
Haven't Apple confirmed that the iPad won't do multi-tasking? If that's right, I can't see it coming out on the iPhone any time soon. If a multi-tasking OS 4.0 was imminent, I would have thought they'd have held off the iPad launch until then.
Multitasking doesn't require a multicore processor.
Lets hope it is not an iPhone 4G specific feature and just an OS only feature.
I know that... And I am well aware that the iPhone is already doing multitasking. But the first gen iPhone could do MMS and Apple didn't support it, there will always be one or two things they will not support on the old hardware.
this is the most exciting news i've heard all year!! iphone desperately needed a UI overhaul. I really hope the declutter the notification system, make it less obtrusive like facebook notifications or something. theres so many tweaks that are needed to spice up the iphone software. multitasking shoulda been here last year.
I hope apple comes through this time, I dont like waiting another 6 months!
Just install Backgrounder from Cydia. It does it wonderfully and it's easy to toggle for an app to run in the background, and easy to toggle it to close.
APPLE: Don't re-invent the wheel. Take a bucket of gold, give it to the Backgrounder app maker, take his code, and use it. No problems.
Here are a situations I use multitasking on my Nexus One:This is a totally sincere question:
Can anybody give me a case for simultaneous running apps that doesn't revolve around Pandora?
This is a totally sincere question:
Can anybody give me a case for simultaneous running apps that doesn't revolve around Pandora? I don't use Pandora tried it once, didn't care for it but I can see the reasoning there. But I've literally never heard a single argument for it that didn't amount to "I wanna do other stuff while I run Pandora."
Can any of you guys help me out? It seems like there's this sound and well-fleshed-out business case for simultaneous running apps, but I didn't get the memo.