Re: Ihpone on Steroids to IT G5?

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John Holmblad wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> agreed. A more indepth discussion with some of those other users would 
> have provided the opportunity to reveal that value associated with a 
> Linux based mobile device.
> 
> Now I have to wonder, does the iphone OS support multitasking?Is it a 
> stripped down version of OS X? I;ll do some reading to find out.
> 

iirc, yes on both questions. but apple denied third party apps the 
ability to run in the background. also, pull style protocols where 
supposedly limited to go via a apple "proxy" that would turn them into 
push protocols, by bundling updates. iirc, said proxy is way overdue.

all this most likely done to keep the battery drain to a minimum...

> Best Regards,
> 
>  John Holmblad
> Acadia Secure Networks, LLC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Kevin T. Neely wrote:
>> they likely don't care about multi-tasking until you give a concrete 
>> example of a multi-tasking scenario:  say, listening to mp3s while 
>> using IM..  Or, switching between browsing, IM, and [your favourite 
>> iPhone app here].
>>
>> concepts like multi-tasking tend to go over most people's heads until 
>> an example that directly impacts them comes into play.
>>
>> K
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:03 PM, John Holmblad 
>> <jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> <mailto:jholmblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     All,
>>
>>
>>     the post at the www page whose url is
>>
>>      
>>      http://www.thestreet.com/story/10470711/1/rim-apple-feast-on-nokia.html
>>
>>     frames the experience I had today.
>>
>>     While seated at a luncheon following a technical  meeting
>>     (Cisco/VMware/Netapp/etc)  I duly noted that I was among a crowd (that
>>     would be ~6-8 people)  where the average mobile device at the
>>     table was
>>     somewhere between the iphone and the blackberry.
>>
>>     While explaining what I do to the individual seated next to me , I
>>     brought the N800 into the discussion and  I blithely asserted that the
>>     N800 is, well,.........like an iphone on steroids but without a GSM or
>>     CDMA radio for voice.  Although the listener,  knows that LInux is, in
>>     fact,  an operating system, and is aware of the TMobile G1 (but not
>>     Android), that individual did not perceive it as a big deal that the
>>     N800 runs LInux and is therefore capable of multitasking. This is
>>     perhaps what I expected, that is, the end user, even of the kind
>>     (let's
>>     call them technically sophisticated professionals) who would
>>     attend such
>>     an event, does not really care about these things.
>>
>>     I did ask the iphone user about her experience with the device and she
>>     said she loved it. And during a discussion on iphone jailbreaking she
>>     confirmed that one of her friends has jailbroken his iphone to get
>>     tethering to work.
>>
>>     I think that the following commentary
>>
>>     >     For consumers, it appears that features such as the touchscreen
>>     >     interface are more in demand than the OS. Since the iPhone was
>>     >     released, almost every major phone manufacturer is offering a
>>     >     touch-screen model, many of which are not smartphones
>>
>>     from the wireless week article whose url is:
>>
>>        http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=166592
>>
>>     says it all although the same article does have some positive
>>     things to
>>     say about the Nokia Nseries
>>
>>
>>     And speaking of Nokia and the Iphone, here is the url to another
>>     posting
>>     from the thestreet.com <http://thestreet.com> www site that
>>     suggests that Nokia will join hands
>>     with Verizon Wireless to take on the ATT/Iphone Cabal:
>>
>>
>>     http://www.thestreet.com/story/10468078/1/nokia-verizon-plan-exclusive-4g-device.html
>>
>>
>>     Maybe what the article's author is referring to without knowing it
>>     is G5
>>     of the IT?
>>
>>     --
>>
>>     Best Regards,
>>
>>      John Holmblad
>>
>>      Acadia Secure Networks, LLC
>>
>>     *
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