Mac vs. PC

[SoulKiss]

Then there is always the as yet denied but known about Android 3.0 Playstation Phone from Sony...

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/29/t...-more-details/

[hindle8907]

Backgrounder 3rd party software works really well as a real multitasker especially on the ipad where there is no multitasking at all on the current iso version.
Widgets yeah you can have/create them depends how much time you want to put in not as advanced as some of the droid ones i must admit.
My iphone lock screen actually looks like a android phone lol.
below is an image of how mine looked a few weeks after release.
not changed much since just got twitter updates and FB updates too.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

Multitasking? I know you have a sort of Multitasking but it still seems to be more a list of recent apps than actual multitasking.

What sort of multitasking would you need on a silly pocket device?

I mean, I'm a web developer and sometimes I have 10 different programs scattered across 2 x 24" screens but very rarely (if ever) I use 2 at the same time ... although I do switch between quite a lot.

Letting programs you don't actually use, consume resources and ultimately battery in background doesn't look appealing to me.

That dont really happen. Android closes things after a bit of time of not being used. Can be handy moving between programs knowing you wont have to start again with the one you are currently in. Granted yes small phones are restrictive but you can get a fair amount done with them all the same.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

That dont really happen. Android closes things after a bit of time of not being used.

And how is that really different from the iPhone then?

Originally Posted by maxinc

And how is that really different from the iPhone then?

Because it isnt immediate?

Its not like it shuts all background things down, you specifically setup a service it will keep running.

It isn't immediate shutdown on iPhone either. Application usually pause while some services can run in the background.

I think the really important thing here is not the multitasking as we know it on the pc but rather to be able to return to a program in the same state you left it.

No but they do keep actually working with mine, not just paused... unless its something like a game, which is what you'd expect.

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

No but they do keep actually working with mine, not just paused... unless its something like a game, which is what you'd expect.

Yeah, can be playing music, using gps tracker, talking on msn whilst browsing. For me a phone without multi tasking would be useless.

Originally Posted by beabert

Yeah, can be playing music, using gps tracker, talking on msn whilst browsing. For me a phone without multi tasking would be useless.

Any of these can be done on iPhone while doing something else. Have you guys actually used an iPhone?