This is a slightly old news, but still worth a mention.
On April 8th Apple previewed it’s new iPhone OS 4 to the world, which at first glance appears to contains many new and exciting features such as Multitasking, App Folders, Wallpapers, Enhanced Email, a Game Center and more.
Now before you get too excited there’s a catch; While iPhone 3G users will be able to upgrade their phones to the new OS, not all the features will be available, namely Multitasking. Those of you with an iPhone 3GS have no fear, you’ll get your Multitasking and more, it’s just us lowly 3G and 1st-Gen iPhone users that won’t. Sigh.
As a 3G owner I was a bit disappointed when I read this, while app folders are useful and wallpapers are neat, I REALLY desire multitasking. I’m sure that Apple will tell us that the processor or memory in the 3G isn’t capable of supporting multitasking, and they are only just protecting us from encountering crashes or performance issues, and perhaps that is the case, but the paranoid part of my brain is telling me that this is just Apple’s way of encouraging us to upgrade our phones. Maybe that is Apple’s strategy, but my phone isn’t even two years old and I can’t help but feel a little jipped.
Now all of this may be moot (for me) when the next version of the iPhone hardware is released. And what killer-feature would make me upgrade? One word… Verizon!
Related articles…
Engadget - iPhone OS 4 unveiled, adds multitasking, shipping this summer
TUAW - iPhone OS 4.0: No multitasking for iPhone 3G and second gen iPod touch
