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In response to "8 things that suck about the iPad - what is a bezel? -- (link)" by Hotkiss

wow on no multitasking

Posted by stewie (aka whysoserious) Jan 27 '10, 13:40

that's almost unbelievable.

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This is the big issue that needs to be addressed by V2. -- nm - David Jan 27, 13:44 5
- my fear is that it is a feature of the OS and would require a complete rewrite from the ground up - decline Jan 27, 13:48 4
  - i thought that current gen iphones could multitask. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 14:04
  - Android seems to have them beat technically -- nm - stewie Jan 27, 13:53 1
    - yes ... which is why I was looking forward to the Android-based Nook device. - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:54
  - jailbroken iphones can multitask. I could see how making it *elegant* would be a challenge, though :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:50
yeah, that is the one thing that really bothers me. I mean, it cannot even play mp3s while you read a book. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 27, 13:42 7
- this is wrong. the iPod feature on my iPhone can work in the background. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:49 1
  - Yep - though I expect music has to be loaded onto the iPad, not streamed through, say, Pandora -- nm - Roger More Jan 27, 13:51
- I doubt that's what it means. The iPhone can do that -- nm - Guigue Jan 27, 13:49
- seems like it would drive people away from their apps and towards things available online (google docs)... assuming the browser has tabs - stewie Jan 27, 13:45 2
  - if they use the same browser as on the iTouch, it does not have tabs - decline Jan 27, 13:49 1
    - my iPhone can have up to 8 pages open at once. Also, in the presentation, they said that all apps had been rewritten. - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:51
- That is one of the things that will get a ton of complaints -- nm - scorpion Jan 27, 13:45
i would actually love this. i get distracted way too easily if i can have the internet or other things up in the background when i'm writing -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 13:42 6
- To be fair, you won't be doing too much writing with its onscreen keyboard. -- nm - Ender Jan 27, 13:50 2
  - No, no, it's perfect for me! It'll slow down my writing, make me really think about it! -- nm - picksee Jan 27, 13:55 1
    - picksee is *brainwashed.* nm - Dignan Jan 27, 13:59
- it's not a bug, it's a feature! -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 13:43 2
  - for me it would be - tik tok Jan 27, 13:45 1
    - for me, it's a bug. I can't SSH into a server and make code changes and test them in a web browser. - Beryllium Jan 27, 13:56

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