The fourth iteration of the iPhone’s OS is said to be supported by the iPhone 4 (which shall make its launch on Thursday). Reportedly, the last year’s iPhone 3GS in a lesser extent, resembles the iPhone 3G that made its appearance way back in the year of 2008. If you’re still using the original iPhone model way back from the year 2007 then you might just have to giver it a slip for the new i phone OS.
Finally, third-party multitasking has arrived for the iPhone — at least for the owners of the iPhone 3GS and the new iPhone arriving this week. (iPhone 3G users won’t be able to take advantage of the new multitasking services.) And you’ll be happy to learn that Apple’s implementation of the feature works pretty well. True, it’s not the full-on multitasking you get in Mac OS X. But Apple has smartly implemented seven separate services that allow applications to continue to perform tasks while the user switches to another application. The reason for the limit? To help the battery hold on its juice.
It’s amazing how the addition of folders in iOS 4 can make the difference between a frustrating user experience and a pleasant one. Until now, users have been forced to launch applications by either swiping through pages of apps, or by resorting to a Spotlight search. As a matter of fact there are 11 pages full of applications — the natural limit of apps that can be displayed on the iPhone. Sometimes, different apps that did much the same thing each had a feature or two I really liked, but I had no way to group them together. As a result, they filled up all 11 pages which has been a rewarding move from Apple.
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