Ok, I know I want it, you know you want it, and Steve Jobs even knows he wants it, so why haven’t we got it? Yes, yet again we are talking about multi tasking on the iPhone. Apple seem to be avoiding it like the plague but everyone is shouting and screaming for it.
Well maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Appleinsider reports that they have received information form “reliable sources” claiming that iPhone OS 4.0 will include support for multitasking.
People with a proven track record in predicting Apple’s technological advances tell AppleInsider that the Cupertino-based company has developed a “full-on solution” to multitasking on the iPhone OS but offered no specifics on how the technology would optimize resource conservation and battery life — two of the most critical issues surrounding the matter, alongside security.
From a user-facing perspective, Apple plans to deliver a multi-tasking manager that leverages interface technology already bundled with its Mac OS X operating system, according to those same people. It was requested that specifics be withheld at this time, as the iPhone Software 4.0 remains under development and reportedly has a quite ‘way to go’ before it’s ready for prime time.
At the moment, whenever we want to exit an app or even answer a phone call, it is ended completely, not paused but completely closed. This behavior is caused by the iPhone OS’ security model, which is designed to close the current app whenever the user returns to the Home screen or accepts an incoming call. This design prevents apps from being able to run in the background without the user knowing, and therefore erases any real potential for spyware, adware and viruses.
We are being told that it’s not the OS or the hardware that’s limiting Apple from adding multitasking, they just haven’t done it.
And if they ever do finally add it, expect to see a decrease in your already short battery life and a very busy cpu.
Why do you think Apple is holding back from giving us multi tasking? Do you think it will come in iPhone OS 4.0 and the 4th gen iPhone?
Let us know in the comments
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