http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/ Engadget Comments for Samsung i8910 HD runs 62 apps at once, multitaskers bow their heads http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/"They blew it" ;)]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
BEAST!]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
how easy is it closing all of the applications]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
1. open task manager
2. select kill all from options menu
3-62. try to get a working starcraft 2 beta.]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
That is such overkill granted i cant run 63 apps on my comp at once but still.]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 3:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
But a bigger issue to me is that if someone sends me a instant message and I wish to respond by my phone, it takes nearly a full minute for the app to launch, connect to the servers, and be ready to type out my response. Why? Becuase my client isn't connected, a remote client running on someone else's sever is connected. With true multitasking, it would take only 1 second to swap back into the already running App.

And what if I wanted ot multi-task with IRC instead of an IM client? There's no way push works for that.

I don't know. I feel like I'm an adult and I want my operating system to acknowledge that fact and let *me* decide how to spend my allotted battery life.]]>Apr 12th 2010 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://bit.ly/samsung-omnia-hd-reactions]]>Apr 12th 2010 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Let's focus on that one point, these are apps using on average under 2MB RAM each.

In other words this device is basically running 4 real apps: QuickOffice, PowerMP3, RealPlayer and Opera and even they aren't going to be doing any processing.

Just to clarify things on the iPhone front, it concurrently runs:

1) MobileSafari
2) SpringBoard
3) MobileMail
4) DTMobileIS
5) MobileMusicPlayer
6) MobilePhone
7) mediaserverd
8) configd
9) CommCenter
10) lockdownd
11) fairplayd
12) ptpd
13) BTServer
14) mDNSResponder
15) accessoryd
16) configd
17) amfid
18) notification_pro
19) syslogd
20) notifyd
21) launchd
22) Whatever 3rd party app you are running

OOOOOOOOHHHH N3RDG4SM!1!!1!1!!1111
22 apps at once and that's before iPhone OS 4.0. Get a clue guys.]]>Apr 12th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/No, the ones ending in d are daemons, eg, services running in the background that act as liaisons between apps and the world. The rest are operating system tasks (much as you'd see in a clean install of windows or macos). They're not "apps". They don't, in and of themselves, really do anything except to provide other apps with functionality. The hardware and OS on the iPhone is perfectly capable of doing multitasking, it's just at the whim of The Jobs that the user is prevented from taking advantage of this faculty. The OS does it for itself all the time.]]>Apr 12th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/I just got twenty one on my iPhone 3gs before it almost crashed on me. ]]>Apr 12th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
On the desktop, you can do the same thing, open Minesweeper, Wordpad, as many widgets as you want. You'd probably be able to launch 100 apps of that size in a matter of seconds. Does that mean your machine is uber-fast? No, it means you're running very basic apps that don't need a lot of resources to run.]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Awesome :D

i tried this on my i8910, i just opened everything i could find. i got to around 30 apps when the phone became VERY laggy and complained baout not having enough RAM

But that's more apps than anybody needs at the same time anyway]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Pwnage!]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
apple fail]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Indeed, fine sir. who blew it now, Jobs?]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Yeah I'm sure teh 10 people that bought this phone are pretty smug. Are those 62 applications the only 62 available for those two platforms combined?

I don't get the hard on for multitasking to this extent from people. Yes, I know several instances where it'd been nice had it done it, however they've got a solution coming and it'll more than address my needs.

I'm not about to run out and buy a symbian or god forbid a failing palm web os based phone just because I can load 62 apps and have them all running at one time.

I've learned to live without multitasking, and sometimes my ADD is better for it. When the state saving multitasking capability of the iPhone OS hits it'll be a nice change. However just because some phone can do 'more' doesn't mean it's 'better' somehow.]]>Apr 12th 2010 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Just like more apps in an app store doesn't make it better...]]>Apr 12th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
How is this Apple failing at anything? With how iPhone OS works, you could open 300 apps, keep all the background processes running that you actually need, and still have usable battery life specifically because it doesn't leave all those apps running.

That's far smarter than just being able to open a bunch of apps and leave them all running at the same time, because you know, enjoy that 10 minutes of battery life and zero usability.]]>Apr 12th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Not just a Symbian post on Engadget but also a positive one. My mind is blown!]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
... yeah right.]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and seeee]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
HEAR THAT, ENGADGET?! Less Apple-hugging, more news on other platforms.]]>Apr 12th 2010 4:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Easy come, easy go.
Palm is the new fandango!!]]>Apr 12th 2010 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
Less bitching about Apple products and more using this URL:

http://www.engadget.com/exclude/apple]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
oh?]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Really? How?]]>Apr 12th 2010 3:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/
When I'm playing a game, I want my game to pause when I'm on a different app. When I'm streaming Pandora, I want the audio to keep streaming when I'm on another app. When I'm on a VOIP call, same thing. I wouldn't imagine any limitation with iPhone's multitasking. I don't want all my apps running 100% in the background. By that multitasking on my S60 phone, turns out it's exactly like the iPhone's. The game's pause, and the audio and VOIP keep on going.

WP7's multitasking as we know it now, on the other hand, is truly crippled, since they don't have intelligent APIs for specific scenarios like iPhone. Sure they "may" announce it before launch, but it will make them look like copycats, TBH.

So yeah I wouldn't put WP7 and iPhone in the same category of multitasking. If Android didn't have homescreen widgets, like iPhone, I would have wanted it to have the same intelligent multitaskin of iPhone to avoid any sluggishness and depleted battery life.]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/Apr 12th 2010 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/That's true. As I said, Android's multitasking is "complete" without the need for specific APIs, then again, iPhone already has push IM notifications to handle that, and I guess we can both agree that the iPhone UI is noticeably smoother than Android's, even though the Nexus One is boasting a new generation of specs compared to the iPhone's.

I'm saying that the form of multitasking on the iPhone is perfect for the iPhone, unlike WP7's.]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/12/samsung-i8910-hd-runs-62-apps-at-once-multitaskers-bow-their-he/It's not that. It's just that the iPhone/3G won't be getting multi-tasking AT ALL. That isn't true multi-tasking,is it?]]>Apr 12th 2010 2:31AM