That's the problem with most of the 3rd party audio apps like Pandora and AOL Radio. If you need/want to do something else for a moment the audio stops. The iPod function of the phone has dedicated hardware so it's not a drain on the main CPU to keep decoding audio but other audio apps don't have that luxury.
CB Brent Harding wrote: > I'm surprised Apple hasn't made it so stuff can go in the background. That's > how they eliminate the troubles voip creates because you can't, from what I > understood, run something like Skype while you run other stuff, meaning that > unless you used the device as a voip phone only in the case of the IPod > touch, you won't receive calls that way. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Hofstader" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: Jailbreaking your IPhone? > > > Hey Jake, > > Terrific post! > > As I wrote yesterday on the definition of hacker, I said that a program like > JailBreak was likely written by a very talented programmer or team thereof. > I also said that programs like it and others can cause some stability > problems and, while I forgot to mention them, accessibility problems as > well. > > Knowing which app is running is essential to a program like VO. If you can > put programs into the background using undocumented procedures, you will > likely break a ton of the assumptions that VO makes about the world in which > it lives. > > cdh > > On Dec 31, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Jake wrote: > > >> Hi >> I've not jailbroken mine but I helped set up a friend's iPhone that >> came jailbroken and unlocked. My observation is that, unless you want >> to unlock your iPhone (i.e. enable it to take sim cards from any >> carrier) then it's not worth doing. A good majority of the apps, >> including the jailbroken app manager Sidea, are not accessible in the >> slightest as they are not written using the iPhone's native toolkit. >> Remember that a good majority of these apps would never be approved >> for that reason alone, let alone anything else they might do. Further, >> certain things you can install such as custom icons and background >> apps and the like can really screw with Voiceover. The phone I helped >> with came with backgrounder installed which is an app that can force >> any other app into the background without closing it. However, the >> custom icon badges backgrounder used to tell you which apps were >> backgrounded rendered status information under the icon useless with >> Voiceover. For example, instead of hearing "Mail, 1 new message" you >> heard something similar to this (the number varied) "mail, >> wb_badge_label 0x2d4a883 new message." It essentially rendered a quick >> glance at any icon that has an accompanying badge to show new items >> useless, and that includes the phone app with missed calls showing. >> In addition to all that, of course, it does void your warranty. My >> advice: don't bother. >> >> Jess wrote: >> >>> Hi all IPhone users, >>> >>> Have any of you jailbroken your IPhone? If so, did it impact VoiceOver at >>> all? Did it cause your IPhone to become a brick? What are the benefits of >>> Jailbreaking? >>> Jess >>> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
