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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 details emerge

by on19 January 2010

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Background app multitasking, exclusive for 3G and 3GS

The guys
over at BoyGeniusReport have recently obtained some information that Apple iPhone owners have been anticipating for quite some time. Nevertheless, they also managed to infer some software details about the company’s upcoming tablet device based on the information they received.

According to sources within Apple’s corporate infrastructure, the release of iPhone OS 4.0 will bring a few significant updates to the user experience that will make use of the device’s capacitive multi-touch hardware abilities in more ways than have been previously available. The first hint of information suggests that multi-touch gestures will be implemented across the entire operating system. BoyGeniusReport claims that this seems probable due to the fact that the  OS in the upcoming tablet device will be very similar, if not identical to the iPhone OS.

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The report also mentions that many graphical and UI navigation changes have been implemented which will allow the OS to run more smoothly and efficiently. In addition, there will supposedly be a new syncing ability for contacts and calendar applications, but no details have been mentioned regarding the service.

The last bit of information, and probably the most anticipated, by iPhone diehards suggests that iPhone OS 4.0 will include basic support for multitasking with “a few new ways” to run applications in the background. This is definitely something that will raise iPhone sales in our opinions once the new operating system goes public, but until then we remain on the search for more information regarding the specific details behind this feature. For all we know, it could simply be a revised mechanism for receiving push notifications more efficiently, but let’s hope this isn’t the case.

The upcoming iPhone OS 4.0 update is expected to be available only for the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS and should consequently“put them ahead in the smartphone market because it will make them more like full-fledged computers.” All in all, expect more information to be unveiled next week when Apple WWDC 2010 kicks off.
Last modified on 20 January 2010
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