tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11104476.post7334386167884292997..comments2024-01-14T12:49:24.721-08:00Comments on The Barer Cave: A week with my iPadDanny Barerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10138082715253894591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11104476.post-18409984962295765902010-04-12T01:15:51.723-07:002010-04-12T01:15:51.723-07:00Multitasking support is coming with the release of...Multitasking support is coming with the release of iPhone OS 4, which will be available for iPads this fall. They are implementing several different classes of multitasking, including background task completion (i.e. uploading photos to flickr, uploading a blog entry, etc. - so that tasks such as those can complete while you're in another app); background notification and status updates (GPS, social networking, etc.), background media playback (Pandora, Last.fm, etc.). As a programmer I was delighted at the way they chose to implement this, as this is exactly how I would do it - it is the perfect balance between functionality and conservation of device resources (cpu, battery life, etc.)<br /><br />Also, programs will be able to "freeze dry" their state when you exit it, so switching between apps will be much faster, and will put you back at exactly the point where you were at when you left the app in question.<br /><br />The "getting files into and out of programs" may also be better. There is some sort of new "file type registration" mechanism in iPhone OS 4, where basically you can tell it to open a file and it will open in the application that registers itself and "claims" that particular filetype. The details are pretty vague (and since I am not a paid member of the development program, I don't have access to the iPhone OS 4 beta materials) but this is certainly promising.<br /><br />Also the iPad will pair with a Bluetooth keyboard. I re-purposed the keyboard I've been using with my media center and it works beautifully.Donald Burr of Borghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096833285319904195noreply@blogger.com