Meaning of "multitasking" on iPhone, iPad, etc
in [UK Mac]
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From: Richard Tobin on 28 Jan 2010 08:34 In article <7sdfbfFu69U2(a)mid.individual.net>, James Taylor <usenet(a)oakseed.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >So Apple seem to be actively encouraging people to jailbreak their >phones. I didn't think that was their intent. Are they just stupid, or >is there some hidden motive for forcing people to jailbreak? I don't think it's that. What proportion of iPhone owners have jailbroken them? The techies are useful to Apple, but they're not the target audience. They can be disregarded for most purposes. Unfortunately I don't think I'm anybody's target audience. -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: Woody on 28 Jan 2010 08:46 James Taylor <usenet(a)oakseed.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Richard Tobin wrote: > > > In effect, the GUI enforces single tasking even though the operating > > system doesn't. That's why a jailbroken iPhone *can* do real > > multitasking, by taking control away from the GUI. > > So Apple seem to be actively encouraging people to jailbreak their > phones. I didn't think that was their intent. Are they just stupid, or > is there some hidden motive for forcing people to jailbreak? Not forcing. For most people it really isn't an issue. -- Woody
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Jan 2010 10:01 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > I don't think it's that. What proportion of iPhone owners have > jailbroken them? The techies are useful to Apple, but they're not > the target audience. They can be disregarded for most purposes. And that's almost certainly Apple's calculation. The target audience will care far, far more about battery life than about multitasking. Apple did pretty much the same thing with the early iPhones. All the techies were jumping up and down shouting 'Lame! Underpowered!' How many millions of the things have Apple sold? How much money did they make this last quarter? What they did set up, and seems to have made the success of the iPhone, is the app store. Not that you can't get apps for other phones, but as with the iTunes store, they made the whole process so *easy*. Apple didn't get to be such a successful software and hardware device manufacturer without a clue or three about their customers. -- Peter
From: James Jolley on 28 Jan 2010 10:04 On 2010-01-28 15:01:07 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) said: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >> I don't think it's that. What proportion of iPhone owners have >> jailbroken them? The techies are useful to Apple, but they're not >> the target audience. They can be disregarded for most purposes. > > And that's almost certainly Apple's calculation. The target audience > will care far, far more about battery life than about multitasking. > Apple did pretty much the same thing with the early iPhones. All the > techies were jumping up and down shouting 'Lame! Underpowered!' How many > millions of the things have Apple sold? How much money did they make > this last quarter? What they did set up, and seems to have made the > success of the iPhone, is the app store. Not that you can't get apps for > other phones, but as with the iTunes store, they made the whole process > so *easy*. > > Apple didn't get to be such a successful software and hardware device > manufacturer without a clue or three about their customers. True enough and sometimes it's a good idea to step back I suppose. Interesting perspective.
From: David Kennedy on 28 Jan 2010 12:19
Peter Ceresole wrote: > > And that's almost certainly Apple's calculation. The target audience > will care far, far more about battery life than about multitasking. > Apple did pretty much the same thing with the early iPhones. All the > techies were jumping up and down shouting 'Lame! Underpowered!' How many > millions of the things have Apple sold? How much money did they make > this last quarter? What they did set up, and seems to have made the > success of the iPhone, is the app store. Not that you can't get apps for > other phones, but as with the iTunes store, they made the whole process > so *easy*. > The nice chappie on Auntie Beeb this morning summed up the iPhone very nicely, "there was nothing new or revolutionary, but Apple made it usable" > Apple didn't get to be such a successful software and hardware device > manufacturer without a clue or three about their customers. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |