Apple to Enable Multitasking in Summer With iPhone OS 4.0

Written by: Gundeep Hora on 2/01/10  |  Filed Under Apple  |  Share    

With the iPad lacking multitasking, a highly anticipated and logical feature, we believe Apple is looking for that one killer feature to make a splash with at its summer iPhone event. Last year, it was copy-paste, and they need something new this year. That feature, we believe, is going to be multitasking. That’s the one thing that everyone has been asking for for years, and Apple disabling multitasking on the iPad is further proof of that.

The iPad is running on iPhone OS 3.2 and not on 4.0, which was originally rumored. Releasing OS updates in a major announcement for the iPhone event, and Apple wouldn’t want to take away the thunder from it. Besides, it hasn’t been a full year when OS 3.0 came out, so expecting Apple to have released a brand new version after only six months of unveiling 3.0 would’ve been too much.

Users are annoyed by lack of Apple’s sensitivity to listen to them, and we believe the time has come for Apple to take care of integrating multitasking. That time is the upcoming summer iPhone event.

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  • Steven
    My guess for what OS 4.0 brings.

    1) Some very narrow Multi-Tasking abilities. Don't expect full up, battery draining, multi-tasking. Expect to be able to have a single shared connection to the network for some very basic things. An ability to set a timer and have an alert pop up. Some simple background streaming. Minimal location services (like a timed service to broadcast your user ID/PW/location to a specific server). This will provide 95% of the features needed for the 5% of the apps that really need multi-tasking while only having a 10-20% impact on battery life. The focus will still be on the iPhone being a phone first.

    2) Improved notification handling.

    3) New app organization.

    4) Have we had time for PlaceBase to have delivered fruits?

    5) New Ad Services for developers. This will be a drop in at the IB level. Brain dead simple. Not AdMob based.

    6) New background handling. Have it be available on more than just the lock screen.

    7) Resolution independence. iPhone (480X320), iPad (1024X768), new iPhone (720X480). Won't be OLED.

    8) Limited access to files OFF phone.

    9) HW Updates: New processor (A4?), new screen, more memory (512MB up from 256MB), slight camera tweak.
  • Hope you're right - but - I have my doubts about this.
  • 6 more months and I suppose we will find out. ;)
  • Roger
    the article is pure conjecture; would love to see it happen but you just made this up!
  • This story is based on a hypothetical situation, brought together by connecting various clues.
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