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Multitasking iPhone Concept Shown On Youtube

anzollo — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:59:18 +0000

Oceanobservations has graced us all with a concept that we power-users have wanted since the start, multitasking. Their concept is done using what you would think Apple themselves would use, coverflow. See the video for the full concept and lets all hope this feature comes to the next major update to the iPhone OS. The concept creators full explaination of their idea is below:

The number one requested iPhone feature multitasking is tackled in this “What if iPhone had…” concept by Ocean Observations. There are several benefits of multitasking, and we believe it will come to the iPhone sooner or later.

Our idea is to present the running apps together with the rest of your app icons on the home screen, instead of hiding them behind long pressing some unrelated key. All running apps have a miniature representation in a cover flow at the bottom of the screen. To make room for this, each home screen page will have one less row of icons and the dock is removed completely. But since the running apps often will equal your favourites, they will still be easily accessible.

You can tap or swipe any of the cover flow miniatures to move it into focus. Then tap it again to bring it to full screen. Once an app is full screen, double-tapping the home button brings up the cover flow, letting you jump between running apps. This extra feature could be the new default setting for double-tap, which you could still change in the settings. Tapping the home button once minimizes the app into the running apps cover flow. The apps are arranged by the order you launched them, with the most recently launched app to the left.

A running app is also indicated by a backlighted app icon with a blue text label on the home screen. It’s still possible to bring a running app to full screen by pressing its icon.

To close an app, drag it out of the cover flow and the miniature moves back to the app icon on the home screen. The app icon then changes back to its original state. Depending on the performance of the phone, there could be a maximum number of running apps. In that case, when launching a new app, the least recently used one could be closed automatically.

iPhone Update 3.1.2 Released

anzollo — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:19:21 +0000

Apple has released an update for iPhone and iPod Touch bringing us to 3.1.2. The update addresses some of the common issues of 3.1, but no update yet on battery life. The update contains the following:

This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:

- Resolves sporadic issue that may cause iPhone to not wake from sleep
- Resolves intermittent issue that may interrupt cellular network services until restart
- Fixes bug that could cause occasional crash during video streaming

The update is available now via software update in iTunes

Amazon Kindle

anzollo — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:29:27 +0000

Anyone wanting a Kindle and not wanting to splurge for the large price, will want to download the Kindle App for your iPhone for free.

[Amazon Kindle] – Free

ABC News

anzollo — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:09:51 +0000

ABC News is one of those must-have apps when you need news, weather, and other related information. The app is free and provides a very rich experience with much video throughout. This is definitely a great app and we hope to see more like it from the other new players.

[ABC News] Free

Keynote Remote

anzollo — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:50:02 +0000

Keynote Remote is the essential app if you give a lot of presentations. It works with Keynote in iWork 09′ only, but if you have this application or are planning to get it for Keynote, this app is what you need.

[Keynote Remote] $.99