Multitasking Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

A first week with the iPad

by Mel Martin (Apr 11th, 2010)

How has week #1 with the iPad been? Pretty good actually. I wasn't going to get one, but while on a TUAW assignment to get some photos... and kinda sorta held up my hand and did the deed. I'm glad I did. It's now a constant companion. I actually prefer surfing the web with it over my laptop ...

Poll: Will you be upgrading your iPhone hardware to take advantage of multitasking?

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 11th, 2010)

Multitasking is the number one requested feature since the iPhone launched almost three years ago. With the introduction of iPhone OS 4 SDK, Apple has finally brought multitasking to the iPhone and iPod touch. The catch is that you need to have a 3rd gen iPod touch (released in 32 and 64GB ...

iPhone OS 4.0: Multitasking support hidden away for pre-3GS devices

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2010)

After Thursday's iPhone OS 4.0 event, when asked why multitasking was being excluded on devices older than the iPhone 3GS, Apple said that the older devices just couldn't do it. However, that wasn't quite true. A developer, who's been messing around with the iPhone OS 4.0 preview, has found that ...

Apple blocking Flash-built apps because of multitasking?

by Chris Rawson (Apr 9th, 2010)

Following up on news that the iPhone 4.0 developer agreement prohibits cross-compiled third-party apps, AppleInsider received info that multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0 is the reason for the change. According to their sources, apps built in environments like Flash CS5 won't co-operate well with Apple's ...

iPhone 4.0 OS Screen shots: custom wallpaper, folders, multitasking, and more!

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 8th, 2010)

And they keep coming in! TUAW reader Tom has sent us screen shots showing iPhone OS 4.0's ability to support custom wallpaper (and the new dock style), an open and closed Apps folder containing four apps, multitasking, and a new Calculator icon. Check out all the screen shots in the gallery below! ...

iPhone OS 4.0: No multitasking for iPhone 3G and second gen iPod touch

by Sang Tang (Apr 8th, 2010)

While Apple will be serving up a hearty meal with iPhone OS 4.0, not all iPhones and iPod touches will be able to offer up the full experience. Only the iPhone 3GS and third generation iPod touch will be capable of handling all seven features highlighted at the event today (multitasking, folders, ...

iPhone OS 4.0: Multitasking, finally, hooray!

by Erica Sadun (Apr 8th, 2010)

The demand for iPhone OS multitasking is nothing new. People have been looking for ways to do more than one thing at once on their iPhones for some time. For example, let's say you're chatting on IRC in one application, and you want to hop out to check a Web page. Should you have to disconnect from ...

What's in the iPhone 4.0?

by Mike Schramm (Apr 5th, 2010)

Willkommen, Besucher von spiegel.de. Möchten Sie ein Übersetzung? Hier drucken. Well, we didn't really expect this to come so soon after the iPad release, but sure enough, Apple is going to show us the iPhone 4.0 operating system this Thursday. That doesn't give us a lot of time for ...

Rumor: Apple's iPhone 4.0 to support multitasking, Expose-like interface

by Mike Schramm (Apr 1st, 2010)

Rumors are flying hot and heavy about a new update coming to the iPhone this summer. AppleInsider has another big rumored feature: Multitasking. According to their sources, Apple will finally introduce third-party multitasking on the new iPhone. Of course, they're doing it the way that they want to ...

iPad app previews aplenty all across the Web

by Mike Schramm (Apr 1st, 2010)

We're seeing tons and tons of news about iPad apps dropping now, and we're still a few days away from launch. In addition to our own coverage, here's a bunch of the other previews we've seen popping up around the community: This iVerse Comics app looks excellent, and it's one of the first ...

More suggestions of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0

by Dave Caolo (Mar 11th, 2010)

Developers have found further evidence of multitasking support for 3rd party iPhone apps in the latest beta (3.2 beta 4) of the iPhone SDK, and suggest that it will become a reality this summer. 9to5 Mac reports on a new line found deep within the latest iPhone SDK. Specifically, SpringBoard.js ...

iPhone OS 3.2 supports video calling, file downloads, SMS and...multitasking?

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 30th, 2010)

Engadget has just confirmed with "extremely trusted sources" that iPhone OS 3.2 contains rudimentary support for video calling, which could explain that mysterious space at the top of the iPad's leaked pictures they received. Engadget's sources said there are hooks to accept and decline a video ...

What's missing from the iPad

by Mel Martin (Jan 27th, 2010)

All in all, the iPad turned in a pretty exciting product debut. I don't think Apple will have any trouble selling these things, and it can't be a very good day in Amazon, Sony or Barnes and Noble's executive suites. While all the final info is not out yet, there were a few major omissions from ...

TUAW Tip: Multitasking in iTunes

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 17th, 2009)

Have you ever been playing one of your finely-tuned playlists, blissfully grooving to the music, only to connect your iPod or iPhone and lose your place? In other words, iTunes (if you've set it to automatically sync) will move your view from whatever playlist you're in to the sync window. That's ...