April 2010
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Third-Party Background Processes in iPhone OS 4
The fact is, iPhone hardware is underpowered compared to desktop PCs, so Apple can’t just flip on multitasking for all third-party apps. I think they will use some clever and seemless (for users) hacks like with push notifications.
There are really three types of apps one would want to “run in the background”. And most of these don’t actually require running all the time. They simple require the...