Lovely iPhone Rumor of the Day: Multitasking in OS 4.0 [iPhone Rumors]
Outside of notifications, there are other features related to multitasking that iPad users may want to see addressed. One is local background services such as Pandora radio. Apple’s forthcoming iPhone OS 4.0 is anticipated to either allow users to select specific apps to run in the background, or roll those services into the system, or to enable specific background tasks.
That ‘s an excerpt from an article over at Apple Insider today, mostly talking about the multitasking possibilities on the iPad “ but including that lovely tidbit on what iPhone OS 4.0 may bring.
I have been feeling more and more optimistic lately that we will see some level of multitasking built into iPhone OS 4.0. It just feels like one of those ‘Apple is not stupid ‘ moments. They know what other mobile platforms are doing, they must know users are clamoring for this, and they of course know that the iPhone 3GS in particular is more than ready to handle some multitasking and rapid app switching. I ‘d honestly be shocked if we don ‘t see something like this in OS 4.0. Of course the devil is in the details and we ‘ll need to see how good the execution is “ but reports like these are still very encouraging.
What do you all think? Will Apple give us some level of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0?
I'd not be too supprised to see the next iPhone use the A4 chip and be allowed to multitask while previous iPhones not be allowed to. Much like the original iPhone is not allowed MMS and neither the original or 3g are allowed to shoot video in spite of the fact they are capable.
Oh, I really hope and expect that at least the 3GS would get the ability, as well as the new model.
It would be nice I guess but it better have more than that because I already have multitasking now that works very well.