Meaning of "multitasking" on iPhone, iPad, etc
in [UK Mac]
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From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 1 Feb 2010 18:18 >>> The iPhone has a hardware button below the screen, which you press whenever >>> an application is running, in order to get back to the 'home' screen, i.e. >>> the screen with all the pretty little icons. >>> If you're running an application, say you're listening to a foreign radio >>> station, and you want to check your e-mail, the radio application will exit >>> if you press the hardware button. That is, the radio will stop. You then >>> have to launch it again and do whatever it requires, to get the radio back. >> CHECK your email? You don't get a "you have mail" notification? > Yes, but it doesn't tell you what is in the mail unless you go and look If the email program gives you a notification, it has to be running concurrently in the background. A stopped program can't do that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
From: Woody on 1 Feb 2010 18:30
Jack Campin - bogus address <bogus(a)purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >>> The iPhone has a hardware button below the screen, which you press > >>whenever > an application is running, in order to get back to the 'home' > >>screen, i.e. > the screen with all the pretty little icons. > If you're > >>running an application, say you're listening to a foreign radio > > >>station, and you want to check your e-mail, the radio application will > >>exit > if you press the hardware button. That is, the radio will stop. > >>You then > have to launch it again and do whatever it requires, to get > >>the radio back. CHECK your email? You don't get a "you have mail" > >>notification? > > Yes, but it doesn't tell you what is in the mail unless you go and look > > If the email program gives you a notification, it has to be running > concurrently in the background. A stopped program can't do that. No, it has push email. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |