Sure, I was running FTP uploads to NYSpeed’s host (large file, takes time) while monitoring video export progress on my home computer while playing Angry Birds and switching back to read this thread.
EDIT: BTW, those are not thumbnails on my task switcher but live views of each program in progress, despite how small they are.
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But my point in all this was to point out that the iPhone’s multitasking isn’t “real” multitasking and, for something like playing video, (in JayS’s example) it works great. But it can’t be used to compare the overall performance of the two devices (iPhone vs. EVO) since they do things different ways.
It kind of can be used to judge the performance of the two devices though. Most users aren’t going to be process hawks constantly end tasking the various apps that get backgrounded. On the iPhone the performance won’t take a hit nor will your battery suffer. Bottom line we were both doing the same things with our phones (into and out of various apps, email, txting, weather etc) and when it came time to play video the iPhone looked great while the Evo suffered. Maybe it was because a bunch of apps were running in the background and maybe it would have been better if he would have gone into his task manager and ended a bunch of things, but the iPhone didn’t have to. To me that method of multi-tasking, even if it’s not TRUE multi-tasking, seems like the winner for smart phones for at least 95% of users.
I do think for most people, the iphone’s way works best. I would like to see them build in a true multitasking and give the user to option of which way to handle though. It would be cool if it were an option. Limited multitasking and Advanced Multitasking. Set it to limited by default and recommend that setting to most. Then let the power users go to Advanced, and warn the user about performance/battery life.
Providing choices isn’t what apple is really about though. They choose for you.
Also while I’m in here, what do you guys think about the class action lawsuit? Do you think Apple will loose and need to offer unlocks for their phones? Will you join in?
I think it’s stupid, just like the majority of class action lawsuits. If you don’t like the exclusive agreement don’t buy the phone. If you don’t like that the app store has an approval process… DON’T BUY THE PHONE.
More important though… where is my iPhone 4 jailbreak? I was sure it would be released almost immediately after the 4.0.1 update, so sure in fact that I brought my laptop with me to work Friday because I expected to be backing up then jailbreaking my phone.
The point of the suit is that normally when you sign a contract with a phone company you’re only required to have your phone on their network for the term of your contract, then they are supposed to unlock it so you can choose to go to another phone company if you want (since your contract is up after all.) But since Apple doesn’t unlock their iPhones you’re stuck on AT&T;
“The heart of the class action suit - which was originally filed in October 2007 - is whether consumers who entered the two-year contract with AT&T did so knowing that they were actually entering a de-facto five-year contract because that’s what the AT&T-Apple exclusivity agreement has been reported to be.” - link
Really? If you purchased a locked phone as part of your contract, and your contract is up you can call the service provider up and ask for an unlock code so you can move to a different service provider. I’ve personally done this once on my old Moto v70 so I could sell it.
That’s true. I left Verizon a long time ago and definitely couldn’t port that phone to another service if I tried.
It actually used to be the case years ago that if you told your GSM provider you were going to Europe on vacation they would unlock your phone while you were in-contract so you could use other SIM cards over there and keep the same phone. You can’t get away with that anymore, lol.
before 4.1, apple software was calculating the signal strength to be higher than it actually was. 4.1 corrects this issue, and as a result you are showing less bars. Your actual signal strength is the same, the only difference is what is being displayed.
Yes, you’ve been lied to about the signal strength for the past 3 years.
Why? Your contract was in exchange for a subsidized piece of hardware, did you pay full retail for it and sign a contract solely for the phone service? No. You said “I’d like this subsidized phone, and some service please.”.
Even if that was the case, unless Apple said “buy the phone, be with us for two years, then go wherever you want” which they clearly didn’t, it is still on the consumer. It is retarded to say that they are “in a defacto contract for 5 years.” They aren’t… if they want to use more iPhone for home, then sure. But that is like blaming the government for not explaining up front that you were going to pay a penalty on back taxes.
Unless there is specific language in the contract that implies that you are going to be able to use your phone on other providers after the initial service agreement expires then it just isn’t going to happen. It isn’t a monopoly, there are plenty of other carriers or phones that you can choose. Again, its like me complaining that it is a monopoly that deems that I can’t get the Lambo V10 in my Mini Cooper.