On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:50:38PM CST, manskybook <[email protected]> wrote: > > I also suspect that future chip advances and software improvements > will make the "multitasking" issue moot. The first couple of iPad > iterations will be beta tests (performed by paying users, as usual). > But it can't all be bad - the Apple mobile platform still has UNIX and > OS X as its base, so it shouldn't be hard to make multitasking work, > as long as it stays in the sandbox of the app.
It's less to do with whether the hardware or the software supports multitasking --- because it easily does. It's more to do with the fleshy part of the iPad equation: the end user. Human beings have serious issues with driving cars and texting on iPhones. People are not ready for significantly more multitasking on the iPad??? -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
