How is this not true multitasking? will i be able to answer a phone call and still have gps directions? will i be able to use internet radio and surf web etc?? if so thats all that really matters
I see it more as a workaround rather than true multitasking. If you read the post Nilay clearly states that this is not conventional multitasking and has multiple limitations. Hence, it is not 'true' multitasking, but a workaround to implement a limited form of multitasking. A step in the right direction, but a baby step (as someone stated above).
But what the jailbreak community will learn from the new implimentations and how they did it, will bring to the table even more battery efficient and true multitasking.
As great as homebrew is (webOS's webosinternals community is awesome btw. shout-out to those guys :), it is still not going to be installed on the vast majority of iphones. It will only reach the tech savvy community, for which apples limited implementation of MT'ing will not suffice. This goes back to the argument that apple's idea of MT will 'get by' for the average user, who will not root/use homebrew. I guess it works out in the end, but I would think as powerful as the new hardware is supposed to be why true multitasking was not envisioned and realized.
I just wish apple would admit they do not know to efficiently implement MT and own up to the facts. True gadget geeks know I speak the truth. But app switching is at least a (baby) step in the right direction.
And it allocates all background "threads" to the system wide GCD pool. This allows the OS to manage and run these "threads" in a way that does not compromise the overall speed of the system.
This is why you won't ever need a task manager on the iPhone. Because in theory you should never know that background tasks are being run.
@a dumb cat I'm somewhat for this approach being forced on developers, at least temporarily (that is, for a year, then the next release won't let the 3GS use the full multitasking since it's too weak for that anyway), so they are stuck with what's actually important to users mobile devices, which can't show more than one program at a time.
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How is this not true multitasking? will i be able to answer a phone call and still have gps directions? will i be able to use internet radio and surf web etc?? if so thats all that really matters
@geo1378
I see it more as a workaround rather than true multitasking. If you read the post Nilay clearly states that this is not conventional multitasking and has multiple limitations. Hence, it is not 'true' multitasking, but a workaround to implement a limited form of multitasking. A step in the right direction, but a baby step (as someone stated above).
@a dumb cat
But what the jailbreak community will learn from the new implimentations and how they did it, will bring to the table even more battery efficient and true multitasking.
@Technologeee
As great as homebrew is (webOS's webosinternals community is awesome btw. shout-out to those guys :), it is still not going to be installed on the vast majority of iphones. It will only reach the tech savvy community, for which apples limited implementation of MT'ing will not suffice. This goes back to the argument that apple's idea of MT will 'get by' for the average user, who will not root/use homebrew. I guess it works out in the end, but I would think as powerful as the new hardware is supposed to be why true multitasking was not envisioned and realized.
@geo1378 If nothing else, we have app switching.
@werty1432k
"App switching" ≠ true multitasking
I just wish apple would admit they do not know to efficiently implement MT and own up to the facts. True gadget geeks know I speak the truth. But app switching is at least a (baby) step in the right direction.
@a dumb cat .. You don't know anything.
Apple has by far the most sophisticated multitasking implementation around. It is based on Grand Central Dispatch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Dispatch
And it allocates all background "threads" to the system wide GCD pool. This allows the OS to manage and run these "threads" in a way that does not compromise the overall speed of the system.
This is why you won't ever need a task manager on the iPhone. Because in theory you should never know that background tasks are being run.
@taligent
And my moped is based on the same technoloy as ferrari.
Its made in china, only seats one and goes 40km/h but I say its like a ferrari, better than a harley, bmw or rolls.
Don't you feel silly now?
@a dumb cat I'm somewhat for this approach being forced on developers, at least temporarily (that is, for a year, then the next release won't let the 3GS use the full multitasking since it's too weak for that anyway), so they are stuck with what's actually important to users mobile devices, which can't show more than one program at a time.