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From: Mark Swellman on 6 Jun 2010 01:27 On 06/06/2010 12:55 AM, JF Mezei wrote: > Mark Swellman wrote: > >> 10 Things Android Does Better Than iPhone OS > > Android is the generic OS. One needs to look at specific handsets and > how they are locked/restricted by individual networks to compare against > the iphone/AT&T combo in the USA. > > For instance, iphone supports tethering, but AT&T blocks that feature. That's why Apple chose AT&T, I suppose :)
From: Mark Swellman on 6 Jun 2010 01:28 On 06/06/2010 12:27 AM, nospam wrote: > In article<huf6ui$feq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman > <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > >> 1: Android can Run Multiple Apps at the Same Time > > so can the iphone Very bad answer on first point: the iPhone doesn't offer multitasking. Excuse me for not reading the rest.
From: nospam on 6 Jun 2010 01:37 In article <hufbhb$ult$3(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > >> 1: Android can Run Multiple Apps at the Same Time > > > > so can the iphone > > Very bad answer on first point: the iPhone doesn't offer multitasking. it most certainly does and has since day one. prior to 4.0, apple apps can run in the background and with 4.0, third party apps can also. the ipod app can run in the background, as does mail, safari, clock, messages, phone and the push notification daemon, and i may have forgotten a couple others. > Excuse me for not reading the rest. your loss.
From: Mark Swellman on 6 Jun 2010 03:10 On 06/06/2010 01:37 AM, nospam wrote: > In article<hufbhb$ult$3(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman > <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > >>>> 1: Android can Run Multiple Apps at the Same Time >>> >>> so can the iphone >> >> Very bad answer on first point: the iPhone doesn't offer multitasking. > > it most certainly does and has since day one. > > prior to 4.0, apple apps can run in the background (With OS 4): Multitasking: It's here, finally. It's handled with a simple task switcher: double click your home button, and you get a list of running apps. Select, switch, done. Multitasking is limited to audio streaming, VoIP and GPS apps, as well as a few other allowances: they can finish specific, important tasks in the background, for example. As far as non-music/nav/VoIP apps, those can be suspended in the background, but not left running. http://gizmodo.com/5512635/iphone-os-40-all-the-new-features
From: nospam on 6 Jun 2010 03:34
In article <hufhgs$fme$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > > prior to 4.0, apple apps can run in the background > > (With OS 4): > > Multitasking: It's here, finally. It's handled with a simple task > switcher: double click your home button, and you get a list of running > apps. Select, switch, done. Multitasking is limited to audio streaming, > VoIP and GPS apps, as well as a few other allowances: they can finish > specific, important tasks in the background, for example. As far as > non-music/nav/VoIP apps, those can be suspended in the background, but > not left running. that's about third party apps. apple apps already run in the background. more information at <http://developer.apple.com/iphone/> |