Re: Multitasking - iPhone OS 4 vs Nokia N900
by ugh on Friday April 09, 2010 @11:20AM
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Those scenarios seem to be possible with iPhone OS 4? Right? Downloading podcasts in the background is already possible with iTunes, task completion may make that possible with third party apps also (I don’t know, would be nice if someone could confirm that one – seems only logical that if you can complete uploads in the background you also can complete downloads). Quickly switching to Mail while answering a call is possible already now (the Phone runs in the background since day one), now it’s just also possible while making VoIP calls. So where’s the problem?
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Since their example of task completion was allowing flickr to continue to upload your photos after switching away from the application, I'm sure downloads will be possible as well.
Downloading podcasts on the background with the iPhone's iTunes is a pain in the ass. It is not possible to subscribe to programs on iTunes, one has to search the podcasts each time. The experience is suboptimal.
In theory the iPhone is the best smartphone there. It is much more beautiful than Maemo5, of course, but, as I said, I do much more with maemo than with the iPhone.
Of course I never used iPhone OS 4. But the article shows that the Maemo has done it much better than Apple.