Product review of iPhone OS 4 Can Multi Task

1. iPhone OS 4 can Multi-Task
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2. 4/11/2010
The announcement of iPhone OS 4.0, slated to drop this summer, has brought with it the most
requested feature from iPhone users around the globe. Multitasking. How will multitasking be added to
the iPhone? Apple’s Scott Forstall explains:
“We looked at tens of thousands of apps in the app store, and we’ve distilled the services those apps
need to run in the background. So we implemented those services, and we’re providing those services
as APIs to developers so they can add multitasking while preserving battery life.”
Apple will provide seven services that run, in the background, as application accessible APIs:
background audio, Voice over IP, background location, push notifications, local notifications, task
completion, and fast app switching. There’s also an great user interface for switching between
applications, as well.
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