iPhone 4.0 Gets Multitasking, Bluetooth Keyboards, 5x Digital Zoom... and More!

[suicidesam]

on apples website it says "will ship this summer". So are they selling it? :dunno:

[sziklassy]

wow its getting all the things i have had since 1997, its crazy! but no multitasking for the 3g BOLOGNA i say!!

What phone did you have in 1997 that had application multitasking, 5x digital camera zoom, touch to focus, etc.?

[SnowLeo]

^wait so there will be no way to manage multitasked apps? damn proswitcher circuitous and even processes in sbs are way better than apples BS

[donsamuelgeorge]

Will the final release will have better and complete features compared to the dev firmware?

[feidhlim1986]

I hope the next hardware version of the iPhone has a camera flash....just Steve Jobs can announce on stage "The next iPhone....now with FLASH!"

[2Jaze]

Typically the OS file has been like 110-130MB, but the file I saw was described as being over 300MB..........hmm....

[indiscretion]

Well i guess ill be sticking to 3.0 as I have been doing. i was excited for the multi-tasking until they said 3GS only. Seems ill be waiting on the next iPhone

[moon#pie]

Typically the OS file has been like 110-130MB, but the file I saw was described as being over 300MB..........hmm....

uhhhh...what? No, they were like 260mb-280mb

[mudrock1000]

This update almost removes the need to jailbreak.

Then Clearly you are not doing it right!!! Jailbreaking allows you to do anything possible to your iphone that Father Job's doesn't approve...such as custom icons anyone? After all, the hacking and modding community is the back bone of development ideas in my opinion!

Anyways I'm curious to see how the multi-tasking will be done. I forget which multi tasking thing I use on my iTouch, but I'd love to see that interface. I'm also curious to see how this is going to stack up against my nexus, seeing as how it does this already. I'd love for some improvements.

[f34r]

Just installed this, its very snappy, dunno if its in my head but my 3GS seems quicker

Multi tasking is there, again very quick

The camera zoom just seems to go uber blurry on full zoom, might be the lighting but i assume its intended for a better camera

What else... Erm... 1st bug I noticed you can set a wallpaper from the photo app on from wallpaper in settings

Overall so far seems good for a 1st beta

[Sigz]

Although OS 4.0 is available for everyone in the summer, not every feature will work with every model. Specifically background applications.

If you have the 3GS or the 3rd generation iPod Touch, all the features of OS 4.0 will work, including multitasking. If you have an iPhone 3G or the 2nd gen iPod Touch, you can install OS 4.0 but you won’t get multitasking.

As for those you you who own the original iDevices (2G iPhone or 1st gen iPod Touch), there was no mention of OS 4 compatibility for these models. Although when questioned, Steve Jobs said this:

The old devices will get the update, but they’ll miss some of these features like multitasking. If that’s an incentive for them to upgrade to a new device…terrific

Is old devices considered... Iphone 2g?

[pyromcr]

im mad i cant use multitasking on my ipod touch 2g...

[MetallicaFan1991]

Meh, nothing I want in this update. No ability to send files to other phones through Bluetooth. Fail.

[csaqlain]

$10 dollar donation for spot, if anyone has one open, please pm me, i will greatly appreciate it.

[sLevin1fo]

Finally, the phone that does everything. I mean everything,...... w/ limitations.

[loop4444]

does anybody know is there anything else besides multitasking that 3g users wont get?

[s1l3nt]

runs pretty good on a iphone 3g

[geo411m]

Then Clearly you are not doing it right!!! Jailbreaking allows you to do anything possible to your iphone that Father Job's doesn't approve...such as custom icons anyone? After all, the hacking and modding community is the back bone of development ideas in my opinion!

Anyways I'm curious to see how the multi-tasking will be done. I forget which multi tasking thing I use on my iTouch, but I'd love to see that interface. I'm also curious to see how this is going to stack up against my nexus, seeing as how it does this already. I'd love for some improvements.

Dude I think you missed the key word ALMOST

[nomercy413]

the only good thing about this is we will have native "backgrounding" and folders. Their version of Folders is our Stacks, but our ProSwitcher is still better from what i read. Nothing really new here, we can already do just about everything they said right now ... just its nice to have these native, less chance of apps not playing well with each other. I'll wait for the 4.0 JB before i get this.

[Zehlek]

I look forward to puting 4.0 on my iPhone