In what would prove to be inspiration for other smartphone makers, Apple just revealed their multitasking system coming with the iPhone OS 4.0. By dedicating 7 API’s to multitasking, Apple is ensuring that app developers make their apps such that it works perfect with the smooth experience that Apple intends to deliver. A lot of focus is on keeping things fast and avoid sluggish performance. Here are the 7 API’s offered to developers, enabling Multitasking:
- background audio streaming
- VOIP – Slype running in background demoed
- background location (with more privacy settings for location services)
- Push notification
- Local Notifications (without any server pinging)
- Task completion
- Fast app switching
I am excited to see how this would help the iPad. Games, music and books together! WOW