iPhone OS 4

[anyonebutedmonton]

I kind of like that idea of this kind of multitasking, because this way you won't have to worry about killing apps that you don't want to run as much.

[photon]

No folders in folders?

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

That can already be turned off in the settings on the iPhone. In fact, the default setting is to hide it, so you've turned it on yourself at some point and then forgotten where you turned it on.

Just go into settings and then Nike+ at the bottom. There's a slider inside there to turn it off. I'm speaking about the iPhone of course. I have no idea if the iPod Touch is the same.

Sweet, just did it. Thanks man, that's been bugging me forever!!

[Russic]

Thank all that is mighty wallpapers wasn't considered a tentpole.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton

So... Correct me if I am wrong... But it seems that apple deconstructed the idea of multitasking, identified what it is we like about multitasking, then built something to retain those core features.

This isn't really multitasking, but will have all the benefits without the battery drain.

You just learned the first rule of UX design.

Listen to what your customers want and then completely forget what they said.

[kermitology]

Yay! Improved mail! Multiple exchange accounts!

[kermitology]

ibook.. blah

[Russic]

ibooks for iphone ... not for me but ok. God we're running out of tenpoles for my wifi sync hopes.

lol from engaget re ibooks: Even Steve doesn't seem that excited about this.

[kermitology]

Wireless sync of books?

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton

So... Correct me if I am wrong... But it seems that apple deconstructed the idea of multitasking, identified what it is we like about multitasking, then built something to retain those core features.

This isn't really multitasking, but will have all the benefits without the battery drain.

It’s real multitasking - the apps have code running in the background without question. What they don’t have is background execution of the full superset of API calls available to them - for example, an app can’t update its display in the background, as thats not needed in the single-window view that the iPhone provides.

So apps can work on data in the background, can go idle when not doing anything interactive with the user, and can receive OS provided notification of events and stuff, and then take action on them.

It’s real multitasking, just not a multi-window multitasking like you think of on a desktop

[Flaming Choy]

Everything sounds good so far (well, won't use ibook), but hoping for a better notification system. Their pop up method doesn't work for multiple notifications.

[photon]

lol wut? iAd?

[photon]

Wait let me guess, Apple will give you a cut if you put their advertising in your app.

Apple you are evil lol.

[Russic]

Not loving where this is going lol

holy shi* he's not talking pop ups is he? edit: ok jumped the gun there.

[Tyler]

It was inevitable.. making apps and giving them away for free isn't the best business model

[photon]

Lol, you know how this seventh tent-pole started..

Steve: "The biggest problem with the App Store is that so many apps are free, how can we make money off those free apps?"

[photon]

Emotion.

FRACK, interstitial 15 second ad clips, please don't be that.

[Russic]

as long as I have to click the ad to make it work I'll keep the pin in this grenade.

[Phaneuf3]

Nice. Sounds like a cash grab. Now just making up some annoying cliche ways to troll Apple like people do for Mi¢ro$oft..... App£€?


/Troll

[anyonebutedmonton]

If they are introducing ads that make me watch a video before I can do something, or every 3 minutes I will be uninstalling every app that does it.