It’s no secret that “multitasking” is one of the great new features of iOS 4. Unfortunately, many people have a misconception about what Apple has implemented. Hopefully this short essay will help you understand the restrictions and the good reasons for having these limits.
On your desktop, multitasking means that any application or process can run [...]
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I’ve always wondered what it would be like to write a book. Now I know. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but rewarding beyond words.
For those of you asking for PDF or Ebook editions, you can order them now directly from O’Reilly. The printed version will be available in a couple of weeks. The [...]
Dear Steve,
First, let me congratulate you and everyone at Apple on the release of the iPad. From my dealings with your company, I know it wasn’t easy. Thanks to everyone for busting their asses: a lot of very complex puzzle pieces came together during those last 60 days!
I recently had an encounter with Bill Atkinson. [...]
Until Gizmodo publicly apologizes to Gray Powell, this is going to be in my /etc/hosts and in all of the DNS servers under my control:
127.0.0.1 gizmodo.com
127.0.0.1 www.gizmodo.com
127.0.0.1 m.gizmodo.com
127.0.0.1 gawker.com
127.0.0.1 www.gawker.com
127.0.0.1 m.gawker.com
The person at fault is the shithead who stole the phone, not some overworked engineer drinking beer.
Please vote with your attention and do the same. Thanks!
(Thanks to @sebastianlewis for the idea.)
Update: I [...]
It’s been a little over 2½ years since I last looked at the performance of Apple’s mobile devices. A lot has changed with the software and hardware since then, let’s take a look at how the new iPad compares to the devices we’re more familiar with.
Native performance
Test
iPad/3.2
iPhone 3GS/3.0
Faster by
100,000 iterations
0.000035 secs.
0.000137 secs.
3.91x
10,000 divisions
0.000010
0.000018
1.8x
10,000 sin(x) calls
0.000012
0.000018
1.5x
10,000 [...]
I’m too busy right now to write about the iPad in detail, but I do want to make one quick point that I haven’t seen covered in other essays.
An important observation that I’ve made with the iPhone is that it’s perfect for “relaxed” computing. I use it while lying in bed, watching TV, waiting for [...]
One of my favorite sayings is “the best education comes from the school of hard knocks—if the tuition doesn’t kill you.” We’ve learned a very expensive lesson this week from a bug in iTunes.
The problem started when Pickin’ Time was approved on October 9th. We’ve all been busy working on other projects, so we delayed [...]
The general consensus is that there will be a new iPhone announced next week. I, like others, think it’s going to have new features and capabilities. But how is Apple going to label this new device?
iPhone 3G?
It’s entirely possible that Apple will keep the same name as the previous version. There’s precedence in the Mac [...]
Everyone and his brother has a prediction about Apple and the mythical “netbook.” This is mine.
Before I get into the actual prediction, let me say that I’ve come to this conclusion by looking at Apple as a business, not as a supplier of shiny gadgets for our technolust. As much as we love the things [...]