As for "debunking", I didn't claim that the iPhone couldn't do it.. I was responding to the "users don't really multitask" comment with practical examples where having multiple processes running simultaneously are handy...
So are you saying that if you buy multiple apps, they can't run concurrently? As another example... I have a 3rd party GPS tracking application I run in the background while on trips and running other 3rd-party apps, including a database application and having another mapping app in the foreground. That wouldn't work? -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:bem...@pittcountync.gov] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: IPhone 3g <Nightmare> > > The timer/stopwatch does continue to work if you exit the application. > Likewise, the iPhone will continue to play your music if you exit the > iPod application and do something like access the browser. To prove > that these things are true, I just started a stopwatch, exited to iPod, > started a song, exited to Safari, loaded a web page, continued to > listen > to the song, exited back to the stopwatch and saw that I spend 1:45 of > my life debunking this while still listening to the song (I was typing > this message at the same time, it needn't have taken that long). > > The thing that you should take away from that is that "no multi- > tasking" > is a bit over-hyped. The iPhone absolutely can multi-task, Apple just > doesn't let developers do it. It's all about battery life. There are, > however, rumors that Apple is open to allowing select vendors run > background tasks and is in talks with them about it. I have no idea if > the rumors are true or will bear out any results. Again, you are free > to agree or disagree with the philosophy, but their goal is to preserve > battery life, and the reality of it is that it is pretty elegantly > handled. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: IPhone 3g <Nightmare> > > Except that on my winmobile device, I like to be able to have a > timer/stopwatch going while I check email... the music player going > while I'm surfing, etc... > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:17 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: IPhone 3g <Nightmare> > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Rod Trent<rodtr...@myitforum.com> > > wrote: > > > iPhones do not multitask, i.e.,. you can only run one app at a > time. > > > > While I consider that a limitation myself, in all seriousness, from > > what I've seen, most users don't use multitasking, either. They just > > get confused at the prospect. > > > > But still, I agree, the iPhone's approach to multi-tasking seems > > like a return to the days of classic System and co-operative > > multi-tasking. On a phone running a BSD Unix core. Way to go, > Apple. > > > > > iPhones are chained to iTunes. > > > > When I b*tched about this in another forum recently, some iPhone > fan > > > said there was a package from Apple that did the management stuff the > > iPhone can do, without needing the iTunes kit. No experience with > it. > > YMMV. > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
