According to the reputable sources at AppleInsider, folks in Cupertino are preparing to finally bring multitasking support in the next version 4.0 of iphone OS. If this rumor holds up to be true, then Apple can finally silence all the iphone critiques who have been praising the rival Google’s Android for its superiority in multitasking support; something which iphone has lacked because day 1 with the original iphone (EDGE) launch back in 2007.
Jailbroken iphone users may already know about ProSwitcher as well as Backgrounder apps which enables true multitasking on both iphone as well as iPod touch. iphone itself has some sort of multitasking support for stock apps like Mail, iPod which keeps running in the background while you can browse the web, as well as do some other work. however you cant do this with all apps unless you are jailbroken. All this is now said to modification come this June.
The next-gen iphone along with the new 4.0 firmware is likely to be unveiled at this year’s WWDC conference. It is expected to feature a faster processor, a 5 megapixel cam with LED flash, support for WiFi-N conventional as well as so on.
Our total round-up of all the iphone 4G rumors can be found here. [via AppleInsider]
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