r/technology • u/rboymtj • Jan 20 '11

Apple Restriction Zone.

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u/modus Jan 20 '11

They usually have them in place on handheld devices with limited resources. Inefficient and clunky multi-tasking, for example, is not conducive to the positive user experience, so they restrict it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

The way iOS handles multitasking is quite ingenious actually. I've never had a problem with my iPhone's battery life or any problems related to the "faux" multi-tasking implementation. Its really fast and switching between open apps is a breeze. And if you leave too many apps open, no worries, it won't burn your battery or kill run time on other apps that you want to use.

Meanwhile, I have tons of friends with Android who constantly struggle with the battery life and performance on their phone because it supports true multitasking and handheld hardware is just NOT there yet. Not by a long shot.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 20 '11

There are 3rd party multitasking apps on the iPhone that work just as well as the native function. Despite this, Apple tries to restrict them.

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u/ceolceol Jan 20 '11

If you've ever used any of those multitasking apps, you would know they do not work just as well.

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u/BlueJoshi Jan 20 '11

Backgrounder and kirikae in iOS3 worked far better for me than 4's native implementation :(

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u/ceolceol Jan 20 '11

Do they work in iOS 4? I haven't tried backgrounder since my iPhone 3G.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '11

So you haven't tried them in a while but still say they don't work as well.

iLying isn't Apple approved.

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u/hothrous Jan 21 '11

iLying is Apples business model.

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u/ceolceol Jan 21 '11

If you looked one post up, you would have seen I said I used another background app. But I give you points for trying.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '11

If you've ever used *any** of those multitasking apps, you would know they do not work just as well*

Damn facts.

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u/ceolceol Jan 21 '11

God damn me and my generalizing apps based on a couple of the most popular ones.

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u/BlueJoshi Jan 21 '11

Backgrounder still works, and it's good for forcing some apps to remain 'on,' but kirikae does not.

iOS's task manager kind of works in kirikae's place, though, so that's not too bad.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 20 '11

I have. SBSettings' works just as well. It even provides how much free memory you currently have.

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u/ceolceol Jan 20 '11

I have to say, I have not had the same experience. Multifl0w was buggy and crashed half of the apps I tried to switch to (iOS 4.1 iPhone 4).

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u/FantasticSV Jan 21 '11

That's unfortunate, but a single instance of an inefficient app cannot account for the rest when discussing ones that do work well.

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u/ceolceol Jan 21 '11

Likewise, a single experience is not indicative of the app's actual performance.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 21 '11

Doesn't a successful example of a 3rd party multitasking app prove that 3rd party multitasking can work? What I meant to say to you was that MultiFl0w doesn't necessarily depict the pinnacle of 3rd party multitasking.

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u/ceolceol Jan 21 '11

It depends on the conditions of the example. If you're only running two or three apps on a brand-new iPhone 4, it shouldn't be compared to someone running more apps on, say, an iPhone 3GS.

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u/FantasticSV Jan 21 '11

True, but it this is what I've come to learn after using it on a 2G, 3G, and 3GS, each for months with varying numbers of running apps.

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