Like iPhone, Windows Phone 7 Won’t Fully Multitask
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series shares one trait in common with Apple’s iPhone: It doesn’t support full multitasking. While the iPhone does allow some limited multitasking (the phone and...
View ArticleWired.com Explains: How Mobile Multitasking Works
The major new feature of Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 4, is multitasking. What took the company so long? Apple claims it was waiting to get multitasking just right before unleashing the...
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IOS Clipboard App Runs in Background by Playing Music
Tapbots has come up with an ingenious workaround to get Pastebot, its excellent iOS clipboard manager, to run in the background. From there it will remember what you copy and add it to a list, or send...
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Help! My Smartphone Is Making Me Dumb — or Maybe Not
Chicago resident Matt Sallee’s life is a never-ending sprint that mostly takes place in his phone. At 5 in the morning the alarm goes off, and during his train commute the 29-year-old rolls through 50...
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Sony Announces Details, Prices of Google TV Lineup
Sony on Tuesday launched internet-connected HDTVs and Blu-ray players powered by the new Google TV software interface. With Google TV, Sony says users can “watch television while tweeting about what...
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iOS 4.2 Goes Gold Master, iPad Gains New Multitask Bar
Apple has released the “Gold Master” of iOS 4.2, and it is available for developers to download today. IOS 4.2 is the unifying version of iOS that will bring the same multitasking and UI features to...
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Windows Phone 7 Update Adds Multitasking, New Internet Explorer
More Windows Phone 7 coverage on Gadget Lab: Samsung’s Windows Phone 7 Packs Intuitive, Visual Punch Microsoft Announces First Windows Phone 7 Handsets A Humbled Microsoft Prepares to Boot Up Windows...
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