Where did I say Android wasn't doing multitasking? I said Apple's method is BETTER. Apple's multitasking is more efficient, is better on battery life and all the resources on the phone. Android's scheduling does nothing for battery life, it just gives front apps more resources. That's not even close to being the same thing.
@Jack like I said you are full of shit since you haven't even tried multitasking on an iPhone!!! LOL!! On the other hand, I've multitasked on the Nexus.
Without anyone really using it, it's impossible to say whether it is better. It looks like it will remove any multi-app issues that people might have had before the update though, and that's all that really matters so long as it works well.
As an example: just today I was in the car using Google Navigation while streaming slacker and also running Trapster..all running at the same time. I also sent a few texts but only when stopped at stoplights. :D
From what I understand the iPhone cannot do this since it pauses apps. Although I did read something about Pandora on iPhone will keep playing music.
Facts don't lie, junior. It's pretty clear how multitasking works on the iPhone, and it's also pretty clear it doesn't work that way on the Nexus or Droid or WebOS. Is there something you're still confused about? Was it the part about freezing app states while still allowing specified services to run in the background?
@Jack I will give you one thing: maybe the iPhone will be better at multitasking than Android, but quit blowing smoke up our ass saying it's already better on iPhone. You have no idea and neither do I. I know you dislike us "haters" but the truth is you ask for it with comments like you make.
@Jack Yes I'm confused. You talk about multitasking on iPhone yet you've never done it. I discuss multitasking on Nexus because I have experience. You see the difference between you and I?? I talk from experience and you talk out your ass.
@Air Force One I've multitasked too on my nexus one....but its pathetic at best....watching available ram dwindle down until i actually start to see some stuttering here and there in perfomace....at which point i have to hit the kill all button or peck through a list of tasks running....its just plain pathetic.....yes the home button long press is good for moving back and forth through apps.....but getting rid of the ones that i don't want running anymore is terrible.....i would gladly take apple's implementation over the current state of android multitasking, as long as apple lets things like music, data, file transfers, IM's and all of those things keep flowing when leaving an app.
If I'm telling you exactly how multitasking works in iPhone OS 4 - because it's been laid out in great detail by Apple - how is that talking out my ass? This is PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION!
Jesus christ, do you not know how to use Google? If you are so skeptical of what I'm telling you, then LOOK IT UP. Your own ignorance is not an excuse to tell me I'm pulling anything out of my ass. Apple handled multitasking when switching apps by freezing the app state while allowing specified processes to continue running in the background. This saves on resources like RAM, battery power and CPU.
Android DOES NOT DO THIS. That is a FACT. Let me know if any of this is getting through.
@Jack You got proof that it's not how Android does it?
Even then, so what, Apple does multi-tasking better. What's the increase in the battery life Jack? Is it 5% or 50%? Better is irrelevant when the scale of improvement is small.
Yet again, and as others have stated, stop being such a fanboy and talking out of your ass.
Personally I'm trading in my iPhone soon for an Android device because 4.0 looks so lackluster. It's sad when Apple, the company that invented sexy electronics, can't seem to create a sexy looking mobile OS.
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@iDamien This is just typical Apple. User Jack is a perfect example now claiming the iphone is doing REAL multitasking and Android is not!!:D
Jack wouldn't know multitasking if it jumped up and bit him. You iphone guys are new to this multitasking stuff but we will educate you.:D
@Air Force One
How about you guys mention what you do with multitasking instead of just saying how great it is? Boy, that would be a breath of fresh air.
@Air Force One
Where did I say Android wasn't doing multitasking? I said Apple's method is BETTER. Apple's multitasking is more efficient, is better on battery life and all the resources on the phone. Android's scheduling does nothing for battery life, it just gives front apps more resources. That's not even close to being the same thing.
@Jack like I said you are full of shit since you haven't even tried multitasking on an iPhone!!! LOL!! On the other hand, I've multitasked on the Nexus.
@Jack
Without anyone really using it, it's impossible to say whether it is better. It looks like it will remove any multi-app issues that people might have had before the update though, and that's all that really matters so long as it works well.
@ebgolfin YOu make a good point.
As an example: just today I was in the car using Google Navigation while streaming slacker and also running Trapster..all running at the same time. I also sent a few texts but only when stopped at stoplights. :D
From what I understand the iPhone cannot do this since it pauses apps. Although I did read something about Pandora on iPhone will keep playing music.
@Air Force One
Facts don't lie, junior. It's pretty clear how multitasking works on the iPhone, and it's also pretty clear it doesn't work that way on the Nexus or Droid or WebOS. Is there something you're still confused about? Was it the part about freezing app states while still allowing specified services to run in the background?
@Jack I will give you one thing: maybe the iPhone will be better at multitasking than Android, but quit blowing smoke up our ass saying it's already better on iPhone. You have no idea and neither do I. I know you dislike us "haters" but the truth is you ask for it with comments like you make.
I also admit I go too far sometimes too.
@Jack Yes I'm confused. You talk about multitasking on iPhone yet you've never done it. I discuss multitasking on Nexus because I have experience. You see the difference between you and I?? I talk from experience and you talk out your ass.
@Air Force One I've multitasked too on my nexus one....but its pathetic at best....watching available ram dwindle down until i actually start to see some stuttering here and there in perfomace....at which point i have to hit the kill all button or peck through a list of tasks running....its just plain pathetic.....yes the home button long press is good for moving back and forth through apps.....but getting rid of the ones that i don't want running anymore is terrible.....i would gladly take apple's implementation over the current state of android multitasking, as long as apple lets things like music, data, file transfers, IM's and all of those things keep flowing when leaving an app.
@Air Force One
If I'm telling you exactly how multitasking works in iPhone OS 4 - because it's been laid out in great detail by Apple - how is that talking out my ass? This is PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION!
Jesus christ, do you not know how to use Google? If you are so skeptical of what I'm telling you, then LOOK IT UP. Your own ignorance is not an excuse to tell me I'm pulling anything out of my ass. Apple handled multitasking when switching apps by freezing the app state while allowing specified processes to continue running in the background. This saves on resources like RAM, battery power and CPU.
Android DOES NOT DO THIS. That is a FACT. Let me know if any of this is getting through.
@Jack You got proof that it's not how Android does it?
Even then, so what, Apple does multi-tasking better. What's the increase in the battery life Jack? Is it 5% or 50%? Better is irrelevant when the scale of improvement is small.
Yet again, and as others have stated, stop being such a fanboy and talking out of your ass.
Personally I'm trading in my iPhone soon for an Android device because 4.0 looks so lackluster. It's sad when Apple, the company that invented sexy electronics, can't seem to create a sexy looking mobile OS.