Comments on: Poll: iPhone Background Push Notifications or True Multi-tasking? http://www.intomobile.com/2009/05/15/poll-iphone-background-push-notifications-or-true-multi-tasking.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: chillum http://www.intomobile.com/2009/05/15/poll-iphone-background-push-notifications-or-true-multi-tasking.html/comment-page-1/#comment-340439 chillum Sat, 16 May 2009 21:11:40 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=49857#comment-340439 Push is going to be good enough for most users. Background apps are really going to be important for things like GPS, musics apps (especially those that stream). It think one of the most important things they can do would be to add a browser window to the email app to quickly check out email links and get right back to email when done. That seems to be the most common issue I face. Push is going to be good enough for most users. Background apps are really going to be important for things like GPS, musics apps (especially those that stream). It think one of the most important things they can do would be to add a browser window to the email app to quickly check out email links and get right back to email when done. That seems to be the most common issue I face.

]]> By: RF9 http://www.intomobile.com/2009/05/15/poll-iphone-background-push-notifications-or-true-multi-tasking.html/comment-page-1/#comment-340384 RF9 Sat, 16 May 2009 05:09:57 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=49857#comment-340384 I think they need to allow you to run at least 1 or 2 apps of your choosing in background. This is necessary in order to, for example, run a steaming music player or podcast player in background while you go to a web page in Safari or check email. I don't think you need more than 2 apps, especially I you also have push notifications. Background tasks will be hard on the battery anyway. But iPhone 3G has barely enough memory for what it does already, so you may have to get the next model with mor RAM I get this feature (OK with me.) So I'd like to see push + limited background support (at least.) I think they need to allow you to run at least 1 or 2 apps of your choosing in background. This is necessary in order to, for example, run a steaming music player or podcast player in background while you go to a web page in Safari or check email.
I don’t think you need more than 2 apps, especially I you also have push notifications. Background tasks will be hard on the battery anyway.
But iPhone 3G has barely enough memory for what it does already, so you may have to get the next model with mor RAM I get this feature (OK with me.)

So I’d like to see push + limited background support (at least.)

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