It appears to be a substantial upgrade over the iPhone OS 3. However, did you see Apple's new terms? You can't use 3rd party environments like MonoTouch anymore. Plus, there are rumours that it is even more restrictive than before (no doubt part of Apple's war on jailbreaking).
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/10/steve-jobs-responds-to-iphone-sdk-complaints-intermediate-layers-produce-sub-standard-apps/ It's a step forward in functionality, but in openess, it is another step-backwards. Android has been and in some ways still is playing catch-up with the iPhone, but it is leading on others. I think right now, it's not clear who is going to be on top. For the sake of openess though, let's hope Android dominates. To CB: Yes, it should have a task manager, or system monitor, which after all is derived from the Mac OS X and its BSD/OpenSTEP, which does as well. I knew someone from Apple who had special "developer phones" that essentially give the same privileges that the jailbroken phones have. (Of course, he had signed NDAs and probably risked his job to tell me that, so he couldn't tell me more). Multitasking in a sense has been around and there were no real technical barriers to it being implemented since 2007. To All: Does it need multitasking? Open to debate. We know after all that the iPhone is geared so that even the least technically proficient people should be able to grasp it. If you want to build a phone that can gear to such an audience, perhaps it shouldn't be on the list of priorities. On Apr 9, 5:45 pm, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 8, 7:54 pm, CB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > While I agree that the iPhone multitasking is limited to those seven > > types (or options), I have thought a lot and can't think of really any > > background apps that would not be covered. > > A relatively simple one: download some files. > > A user is going to be bored if they have to keep an app in the > foreground and watch the progress bar to complete a long download. > > Maybe this is covered by number 6, maybe not. > > "6. Task Completion > This may be the most interesting trick of all. According to Apple, > Task Completion lets programs finish arbitrary items in the background > - uploading photos, for instance. The main restriction seems to be > that the app needs to start the action while it's in the foreground." > > If number 6 is as broad as it seems, what isn't covered by #6? > > Windows Phone 7 seems to be going down the same path for multitasking, > or perhaps a slightly different scenario where only Microsoft apps can > be trusted to multitask. > > Nathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
