Rumored iPhone OS multitasking would use Exposé-like feature

Details continue to emerge over supposed multitasking support in an upcoming major release of the iPhone OS. According to AppleInsider, sources “familiar with the situation” have allegedly confirmed that the change is coming in iPhone OS 4.0, allowing users to run multiple applications simultaneously and easily switch between them. The addition of multitasking support would put the iPhone even closer to feature parity with phones using Palm's webOS and Google's Android.

It has long been known that the iPhone OS has the capability of running multiple processes simultaneously, but Apple hasn’t yet allowed third-party developers to access the functionality. In ...

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