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Apple does Multi-Tasking with iPhone OS 4.0

And the inevitable has arrived. Today, Apple introduced multi-tasking with the announcement of the iPhone OS 4.0.

It’s an interesting development since Apple has been adamant against multi-tasking on the iPhone as it slows down the device and drains the battery faster.

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So, they’re doing a different approach to doing multi-tasking via the use of APIs like audio, VoIP, location, and notifications. Developers will need to do some tweaking of their Apps in order to utilize this feature.

Among the 7 main topics discussed about the upcoming iPhone OS 4.0, the most intriguing one for me is the iAds which is basically a mobile advertising platform.

Now, that’s gonna be a huge slap in the face of AdMob, which was recently acquired by Google. Apple does not want to just hand over monetization of the iPhone platform to Google so it’s going to run its own ad network and giving developers 60% share.

Many other new features will be introduced in version 4.0 — folders, better mail management, iBooks, among others — with over 1,500 new APIs and 100+ new user features.

The upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 will be compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 2nd gen and iPod Touch 3rd gen (32 & 64GB models). It will also be available for to the iPad. As for the price, Apple has not announced how much it will cost users to upgrade to 4.0.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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  2. Avatar for Grant Kimmuel Roa Endaya Grant Kimmuel Roa Endaya says:

    upgraded my iOS to iOS4 on June 22, 2010 1am here in the Philippines…

    that’s in sync with Cupertino’s iOS4 release on June 21, 2010 10am…

    my 32gb 3gs supports multitasking and it works well!

    the iOS4 even speeds up the loading of apps! :D\

    good job Jobs! :)) :D

  3. Avatar for Rico Zuñiga Rico Zuñiga says:

    Tama ka “jan” :) Besides, real multitasking (like in desktops) is not a crucial part of the mobile phone experience. The iPhone at its current state is already implementing multitasking on parts that are necessary (playing music on the background, putting an app on hold while taking an incoming call, etc) and now they are adding a constrained form of multitasking where developers need to conform to certain “hooks” in the system to be able to take advantage of it. It’s not going to be your run of the mill send the app to the background, switch or run something else and the system will take care of the rest.

    As a side note, my brother owns a Nokia N97 (more expensive than an iPhone at that time) which has multitasking but he seldom utilizes it because it slows down the system, whenever he tries to multitask he ends up spending more time closing down apps running in the background than actually using apps. Mobile browsing experience is also unintuitive due to lack of multi touch and dynamic zooming in/out of pages. Bottom line is, the N97 is an amazing piece of hardware technically but the inferior design of the interface ruined the experience. I know only a few Nokia lovers will admit to this and that’s understandable.

    In conclusion, it’s not really about how technically advanced your system is. It’s not about having multitasking since day one. It’s about how good you’ve implemented it and how well it responds to real world use.

  4. Avatar for jan jan says:

    can’t help but feel disgusted over these nokia fanboys who keep on insisting how symbian does multi-tasking while apple is still introducing it in OS 4. have you given a thought how old symbian really is? it’s only natural it would have already implemented multi-tasking by then compared to a 3-year old OS.

    just my thoughts. i’m not fond of apple either but i’d like to keep an open mind when it comes to tech and not be blinded by loyalty to any brand.

  5. Avatar for Angelo Cativo Angelo Cativo says:

    How much kaya to for iphone 3gs?

  6. Avatar for Kalboski Kalboski says:

    The reason they did not allow multi tasking previously was because it allowed them better control over the apps that could run on the phone – the only way to “wake up” an app was via their servers. Now with Android and Win7 etc competing with them they have no choice but to allow it. This stuff about battery is just smoke and mirrors.

  7. Avatar for burnz burnz says:

    kahit medyo huli na ang apple sa mga ibang features at least pinagaaralan nila ng mabuti kung paano i implement ng tama.user experience kc yung habol nila, the best sana kung mag implement na din cla ng file transfer thru bluetooth,

  8. Avatar for Ligrev Ligrev says:

    Got my 3gs a couple of days ago. Can’t wait for OS4 to come out. Is it true may fee daw?

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  9. Avatar for razorous razorous says:

    I guess this will make me have 2nd thoughts of sticking with Nokia then… Nice Apple!

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