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From: Mark Swellman on 6 Jun 2010 18:38 On 06/06/2010 03:34 AM, nospam wrote: > In article<hufhgs$fme$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman > <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > >>> prior to 4.0, apple apps can run in the background >> >> (With OS 4): >> >> Multitasking: It's here, finally. It's handled with a simple task >> switcher: double click your home button, and you get a list of running >> apps. Select, switch, done. Multitasking is limited to audio streaming, >> VoIP and GPS apps, as well as a few other allowances: they can finish >> specific, important tasks in the background, for example. As far as >> non-music/nav/VoIP apps, those can be suspended in the background, but >> not left running. > > that's about third party apps. > > apple apps already run in the background. > > more information at<http://developer.apple.com/iphone/> You know the info is there? Quote.
From: nospam on 6 Jun 2010 18:53 In article <huh7rd$v2d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > > apple apps already run in the background. > > > > more information at<http://developer.apple.com/iphone/> > > You know the info is there? Quote. do your own research. some of it is under non-disclosure. explain how an iphone can check mail in the background, play music in the background, download files in the background and receive push notifications, phone calls and sms/mms messages at any time, if it could not multitask.
From: Mark Swellman on 6 Jun 2010 18:59 On 06/06/2010 05:27 PM, Steven Fisher wrote: > In article<hufhgs$fme$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Mark Swellman<swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > >> (With OS 4): >> >> Multitasking: It's here, finally. It's handled with a simple task > > Apple's simplifying for people who don't care about technology. They're "simplifying" to brag about battery life.
From: Mark Swellman on 6 Jun 2010 19:05 On 06/06/2010 01:01 PM, BreadWithSpam(a)fractious.net wrote: > Mark Swellman<swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> writes: > >> <http://gizmodo.com/5554293/10-things-android-does-better-than-iphone-os> > > Good thing you posted this in comp.sys.mac.system. Couldn't > possibly be trolling. > >> I'm puzzled. Isn't Gizmodo a reliable source? > > Not really. And Gizmodo is pissed at Apple. Really? Do they find that Apple is pumping way too much cash from users with iTune? Do they think their attitude towards developers is abject? <http://shiftyjelly.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/sentence-first-verdict-afterwards/> Or do they think they should help dropping the suicide rate at Foxconnn otherwise than by installing nets? Tell me, I'm not a regular of Gizmodo.
From: Steven Fisher on 6 Jun 2010 19:05
In article <huh936$pqt$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Mark Swellman <swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > On 06/06/2010 05:27 PM, Steven Fisher wrote: > > In article<hufhgs$fme$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > Mark Swellman<swellman(a)dopple_remove_syncracy.com> wrote: > > > >> (With OS 4): > >> > >> Multitasking: It's here, finally. It's handled with a simple task > > > > Apple's simplifying for people who don't care about technology. > > They're "simplifying" to brag about battery life. I'm talking about the description, which I quoted. Please try to read what you're responding to. Steve |