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.
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.