We told you earlier that multitasking was possible in iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G on OS 4, provided that you jailbreak the device and edit a N82AP.plist file. A video, which has just popped up demonstrates exactly that on a jailbroken iPhone 3G, running OS 4. Video after the jump.
If you want to have the look and feel of iPhone OS 4 right now, without having to update your iPhone and iPod touch to OS 4, then “iPhone OS 4” theme for Winterboard is the way to go. This theme includes wallpapers for both home screen and the lock screen, along with the new icon for “Calculator” app. This is how it looks like.
Big news for iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G users! After learning about iPhone OS 4 jailbreak news earlier today, some iPhone devs/hackers have now apparently managed to enable multitasking on the older iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G, both of which were limited by Apple due to lower amount of RAM on these devices. This is what a recent tweet from an iPhone dev said.
Apple yesterday unveiled the new iPhone OS 4 in an event held at their 1-Infinite loop campus in Cupertino. Final version of iPhone 4 will be released for iPhone and iPod touch with the next-gen iPhone at WWDC this year. The biggest question here is that how well does this release of OS stands against Google’s ever-so gaining Android OS, and Redmond’s revamped Windows Phone 7.
Apple has just released the first developers preview version of iPhone OS 4 Beta, along with SDK for iPhone and iPod touch. Only members enrolled in the iPhone Developer Standard or Enterprise Program can access these bits of iPhone OS 4 and SDK by signing into Apple Developer Connection.
Apple today has unveiled the new iPhone OS 4 firmware in a preview event, held at their 1-Infinite loop campus in Cupertino. This announcement added lots of new features for both users and developers. Here is a sneak peak at what the new version of OS is going to offer.
Jailbreaking the iPhone has always been crucial, giving you access to a whole set of features, allowing you to install tons of useful apps which otherwise wouldn't have been possible, and most importantly, it also allows you to unlock your phone so that you can use it with any carrier. Apple of course patches all these loopholes in every new version of its OS which makes jailbreaking harder. But sooner or later, hackers have always managed to find new exploits which jailbreaks the iPhone on the latest firmware.
After the successful launch of iPad, Apple is now ready to reveal its new major release of iPhone OS for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad. iPhone 4.0 is said to be a major milestone for Apple and so it is expected to add major features like multitasking, among many others to take on the ever growing competition from the likes of Android and Windows Phone 7.
Since the introduction of iPhone (EDGE) in 2007, Apple remained the unipolar champion of the smartphone world. But its unchallenged supremacy has now been challenged by other stalwarts like Google’s Android, and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series by Microsoft. It will be obligatory for Apple to bring some innovative changes to the device and it just cannot afford the luxury of cooling its heels. In the meanwhile, Android continues to gather momentum, and whereas it lacks iPhone's content and elegance, yet it has started matching Apple in terms of features.
Good news for all iPhone users, the upcoming iPhone 4.0 will support multitasking in an Expose-like style interface as we have seen on Mac OS X. Now you can switch between apps and perform multiple tasks seamlessly.
