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The curtain has been pulled back on iPhone 4, and the list of new features is massive: There’s multitasking (finally!), a refreshed interface, and literally hundreds of other changes, all coming ...
When the new iPhone 4 arrives June 24, an updated operating system will be waiting to greet it. Apple plans to roll out the next major version of its mobile OS in two weeks, the company confirmed ...
Cupertino, Calif. — At today’s announcement of iPhone OS 4.0, Apple unveiled seven major features in the latest version of its OS. Most of these additions came as no surprise–in fact ...
Now that the iPhone OS 4 event is over, how did Apple do? Here’s a quick scorecard. Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that the progress we’ve noted below is based on a single ...
The approach to multitasking taken by Google's Android and Apple's upcoming iPhone 4.0 is also very different. Here's how they compare. On a desktop system running Mac OS X, you don't just want to ...
The new OS allows owners of all but the oldest iPhones to enjoy at least some features that iPhone 4 owners will enjoy out of the box. Those include multitasking and the ability to put apps into ...
We’d like to see something similar in 4.0. The home screen’s background is plenty customizable in iPhone OS 3.0–as long as you like black, that is. That adorable picture you snapped of your ...
This is iPhone OS 4 running on an iPhone 3GS. Even though it’s not finished, it’s surprisingly usable—not nearly as slow as iPhone 3 beta running on iPhone 3G last year. Most of the new ...
But Apple's iPhone 4.0 platform can now rock in the enterprise as well as let users have their apps. Aside from multitasking, which isn't really an enterprise killer feature, the new OS will let ...
Notably, they list device compatibility for the iPhone 4 OS: iPhone OS 4 will work with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the second- and third-generation iPod touch this summer, and with iPad in the fall.
The new features first premiered on the iPhone OS 3.2 used exclusively by iPad, but when iPhone OS 4 hits this summer, it will extend the new features across Apple's range of mobile devices.
Now that is over, how did Apple do? Here’s a quick scorecard. Of course, it’s important to keep in mind that the progress we’ve noted below is based on a single overview of iPhone OS 4, months before ...