Comments on: Is the iPad for me? http://blog.ultranurd.net/2010/01/28/is-the-ipad-for-me/ Collected Commentary Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:36:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Stevens http://blog.ultranurd.net/2010/01/28/is-the-ipad-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6571 Matt Stevens Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:02:03 +0000 http://blog.ultranurd.net/?p=769#comment-6571 I know I will want one I know I will want one

]]> By: Andrew http://blog.ultranurd.net/2010/01/28/is-the-ipad-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6535 Andrew Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:36:16 +0000 http://blog.ultranurd.net/?p=769#comment-6535 I'm very hopeful about backgrounding in the near future. It was widely rumored (from sources I trust) that Apple has been looking into this, and was considering it for the iPhone 3GS (the 2G and 3G not having enough RAM to make it worthwhile). The idea, as I recall, was that you could mark one or two apps as having special privileges of running in the background. Obviously this didn't make the cut, but I'm confident that Apple will have found an Apple Way of doing this by the time they release 4.0. Additionally, there's apparently hooks in the 3.2 iPad SDK indicating that videoconferencing was certainly planned at some point. Of interest for people looking for multitasking, videoconferencing could be either fullscreen or windowed. Take that with grains of salt to taste, but my gut feeling here is a) as with the iPhone, this thing is going to expand a LOT via OS updates, and b) Apple has plenty of great ideas in the pipeline for this particular device, as well as for future iterations. My guess is that multitasking comes to the iPad at WWDC this year, along with possible limited multitasking for the 3GS and certainly some sort of multitasking for whatever new iteration of the iPhone comes out. Thus ends my claim chowder. I’m very hopeful about backgrounding in the near future. It was widely rumored (from sources I trust) that Apple has been looking into this, and was considering it for the iPhone 3GS (the 2G and 3G not having enough RAM to make it worthwhile). The idea, as I recall, was that you could mark one or two apps as having special privileges of running in the background. Obviously this didn’t make the cut, but I’m confident that Apple will have found an Apple Way of doing this by the time they release 4.0.

Additionally, there’s apparently hooks in the 3.2 iPad SDK indicating that videoconferencing was certainly planned at some point. Of interest for people looking for multitasking, videoconferencing could be either fullscreen or windowed. Take that with grains of salt to taste, but my gut feeling here is a) as with the iPhone, this thing is going to expand a LOT via OS updates, and b) Apple has plenty of great ideas in the pipeline for this particular device, as well as for future iterations. My guess is that multitasking comes to the iPad at WWDC this year, along with possible limited multitasking for the 3GS and certainly some sort of multitasking for whatever new iteration of the iPhone comes out.

Thus ends my claim chowder.

]]> By: Nicolas Ward http://blog.ultranurd.net/2010/01/28/is-the-ipad-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Nicolas Ward Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:09:31 +0000 http://blog.ultranurd.net/?p=769#comment-6531 Multitasking has been widely rumored as on the plate for iPhone OS 4, maybe not full multitasking but wider than "you can background the phone app while on a call". I'm thinking maybe it wasn't ready (as I said, I expected 4.0 announcements here), and the iPad will see those updates when they come. Multitasking has been widely rumored as on the plate for iPhone OS 4, maybe not full multitasking but wider than “you can background the phone app while on a call”. I’m thinking maybe it wasn’t ready (as I said, I expected 4.0 announcements here), and the iPad will see those updates when they come.

]]> By: BDan http://blog.ultranurd.net/2010/01/28/is-the-ipad-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-6530 BDan Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:18:27 +0000 http://blog.ultranurd.net/?p=769#comment-6530 I'm in a pretty similar situation: desktop as primary machine, aging laptop for working remotely (not quite as old as yours, but at 6 years it's still up there), except I don't have an iPhone. And the big question for me is whether I can work effectively on it. The lack of multitasking may be a killer here: I need to be able to switch back and forth between an SSH session and a browser, and it would be nice to be able to listen to music while I do it, too. It's possible that it will still work: Apple might change its mind about multi-tasking (as they did with local apps for the iPhone), or jailbreaking might permit it, or there might be some other workaround, like a useful suspend/resume feature for applications, or a remote desktop app that would just let me do everything on my home machine. I'm not exactly confident that any of these things will happen, though. As you noted, it seems primarily intended for content consumption, though the iWork apps are a good sign, at least. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what it's like. I’m in a pretty similar situation: desktop as primary machine, aging laptop for working remotely (not quite as old as yours, but at 6 years it’s still up there), except I don’t have an iPhone. And the big question for me is whether I can work effectively on it. The lack of multitasking may be a killer here: I need to be able to switch back and forth between an SSH session and a browser, and it would be nice to be able to listen to music while I do it, too. It’s possible that it will still work: Apple might change its mind about multi-tasking (as they did with local apps for the iPhone), or jailbreaking might permit it, or there might be some other workaround, like a useful suspend/resume feature for applications, or a remote desktop app that would just let me do everything on my home machine. I’m not exactly confident that any of these things will happen, though. As you noted, it seems primarily intended for content consumption, though the iWork apps are a good sign, at least. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what it’s like.

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