iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

HaVe anyone heard about this?

http://www.google.co.nz/#hl=en&sourc...118a5967aca5c2


is the iPhone declairing war on N900?

Edit: sorry bad copy and paste. I'll paste the link to google result instead.

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

nice link.... does not work

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

You mean like this? http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=49534

and

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...255#post601255

and this?

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=49540

No I haven't heard yet...

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

yes something like that. But apple claimed to be the best at it. Which making me wander! and at the same time thinking of what it will be like.

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

It just a "fast switcher".. like the one from s60 devices... not a real multitasking... Far from what our n900 does,,,,

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

It's 'more or less' multitasking:

+ (potentially) more resource efficient (battery, cpu, memory)
+ (potentially) contributes to a consistently smooth user experience due to the above

- developers need to make use of special APIs to define which parts of their app need access to these 'background running services'.
- This approach seems to cover a large need of multitasking on mobile devices, but not all.

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

its s60 multitasking but without any background multitasking. so not really multitasking.
also how does anyone know what battery life will be like when its not even released yet.
iphone already as crap battery life so this will make battery life even worse, reason why theres no real multitasking is b/c it would only last 1 hour

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

Can S60 keep certain services running in the background like iPhone OS4? (voip, downloads, streaming, music playback, gps access)

The true power drain of 'multitasking' depends on what the background apps are doing. If you just load 50 apps that does nothing, all they do is drain your swap space.

The 3GS and N900 has very similar spec. Cortex A8 with 1300-ish mah power source, similar sized screen, wifi and 3g. So they have similar 'power drain' centers.

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

s60 can run anything you want in the background IM, VoIP, music, downloads,GPS, streaming thers no limitations its been doing it for years.
iphone os as not changed it freezes states in background and then just pushes the normal notifications in most cases
they think by adding a task dock and a icon that its now multitasking

Re: iPhone 4.0 OS claimed to come with multitasking
 

I think you misunderstood OS4.

What you've just defined was the current state of things with iPhone OS3. Most apps already save their states when you exit and resumes when you start them again, and pushes notification when they need to get your attention when they're inactive.