iPhone 4.0 Features being announced right now



It's got multitasking now. One less feature to complain about not having. Probably will be coming to iPad as well in the feature along with a camera.
 
Looks like they're building in folders and mobile advertising as well. Also automated matchmaking/ranking for games. Good call apple. Let the hating commence.
 
how much will of of this kill my 3gs Battery? they want me to upgrade again...

ugh.

but still looks very promising.
 
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from the built into OS part, does this mean that every app will now serve ads? i'm assuming that their would be an opt out but still.. this is pretty significant.
 
And I won't lie, finally getting multitasking means I don't hate the iPhone anymore. I still wouldn't buy one, but I also wouldn't call it a toy anymore. It'll be interesting to see how much it slows down the OS and hurts the battery life.
 
And I won't lie, finally getting multitasking means I don't hate the iPhone anymore. I still wouldn't buy one, but I also wouldn't call it a toy anymore. It'll be interesting to see how much it slows down the OS and hurts the battery life.

Here is what they are saying about the resource management:

Apple claims their multitasking method will save battery life and resources, unlike the competition. But how?
First of all, this is not 100% true multitasking. Not in the sense that developers define it: All system resources are available to all applications, with the system assuming the role of a traffic controlling, and giving preference to some tasks and less preference to others.
That method will consume too many resources, specially memory—which will make the system choke—and CPU—which will also deplete battery life quickly. Their method is quite clever: They will allow multitasking but only for seven specific actions or areas. These actions—Apple says—will give the user the multitasking they demand but without choking the system
How Multitasking Works in the New iPhone OS - iPhone - Gizmodo
 
Jailbroken iphones can already multi-task - and they run just fine. It should still be intersting to ssee how apple integrates it.
 
You guys might think this is all branders, I think it could be bigger than facebook for affiliates, especially local ones.