Re: [Fed-Talk] First Hands with iPad and Reality Check
Re: [Fed-Talk] First Hands with iPad and Reality Check
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] First Hands with iPad and Reality Check
- From: "Kinch Antoine (Contractor)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:56:36 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] First Hands with iPad and Reality Check
Oh... We are paying attention alright ;-)
http://www.engadget.com/
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On 4/8/10 1:43 PM, "Joel Esler" <email@hidden> wrote:
For those of you that aren't paying attention, Apple is (right now) introducing this stuff.
http://live.gizmodo.com
Things announced so far.
Multitasking
iBooks app
Unified iPhone Mail inbox
Folders for apps on the homescreen
Wallpapers for iPhone
It's on going.
J
On Apr 8, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Todd Heberlein wrote:
>> I am going to duck and cover but... A cooperative multitasking model circa 1984 could solve the problem nicely :->
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> Their solution does remind me a little of cooperative multitasking. It consists of a set of APIs to do very controlled multitasking based on a number of use cases: playing audio in the background, VOIP, GPS-based location (sucks power though), a cell tower location service (not as accurate, but sucks less power), freeze-dry your app and its state when put in the background (so it isn't actually running), and a few other things.
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> I think it will be a nice compromise between functionality and power management.
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> Todd
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