Yesterday morning Apple held a press event previewing details of it’s upcoming iPhone OS 4. iPhone users have been asking for a variety of features over the past few years and iPhone OS 4 looks like it’s going to deliver in a big way.
During his presentation, Steve Jobs described that iPhone OS 4 can be broken down in to 7 “tentpole” categories: 1) Multi-tasking, 2) Folders, 3) Mail App, 4) iBooks, 5) Enterprise, 6) Game Center, 7) iAd.
It’s no secret that multitasking has been one of the most requested iPhone feature over the past few years. In the present version the iPhone OS has applications save their state and quit before another application can be launched. Although this has been less of an issue as devices have gotten faster, it still prevents users from listening to Pandora, for example, while they are surfing the web.
With iPhone 4, multiple application can do a variety of tasks at the same time. These tasks range from streaming music, to delivering driving directions, all while viewing information from a completely separate application. Having the ability to listen to a Pandora radio stream while running a GPS application, or to quickly check an email while a uploading a photo to flickr, greatly increases the usefulness of your device.
iPhone OS 4 will roll out this summer for iPhone and iPod touch. iPad owners will have to wait until this fall to take advantage of all iPhone OS 4 has to offer.
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