Windows Phone 7 to Limit Multitasking
Windows Phone 7 to Limit Multitasking
Posted 03/16/2010 at 12:51pm
| by Bart Salisbury
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It seems like the ‘big boys’ are planning to play it safe with their mobile operating systems. Apple has limited the multitasking on the iPhone OS, restricting it only to core apps, while prohibiting third party applications, to optimize battery life and improve security. It seems that Microsoft plans the same thing for Windows Phone 7.
In an interview with Wired.com, Charlie Kindel, the manager of Windows Phone App Platform and Developer Experience program says, “We do not allow third-party applications running on the phone to execute in the background.” He continues, “We’re poised to support it eventually, but in order to support great battery life and great end-user experience, we’re focusing on the integrated experiences first.” That sounds familiar.
This, of course, stands in contrast to devices built on Google’s Android OS and Palm’s WebOS--both of which allow for legitimate multitasking. Users on both platforms do complain about reduced battery life, but also acknowledge, as they control what’s running, it's their choice to make.
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dinny
November 30, 2010 at 7:04am
Well I think the change is welcomed by everyone, I'm sure up for it. I don't see the real benefits of multitasking, I never used the this on my phone. All I want from a phone is easy use, practical features and accessibility. Dinny - toll free numbers
Tekzel
March 17, 2010 at 6:35pm
Frankly, this is a dumb decision. They should make it an option and let the user decide. This smacks too much of the Apple monarchy approach, and they can kiss my ass. I will decide what is right for my phone.
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You know users... Buncha bitchy little girls.
baskinghobo
March 17, 2010 at 12:49am
oh my, if this was an apple article people would be bashing it.
TechJunkie
March 17, 2010 at 1:44am
I'll bash for ya. I have a touch pro and a Palm pre on sprint and use the pre as my main phone because it blows the touch pro outta the water in everything it does. MS now seems to want you to game instead of using it for a phone or for business duties. That's why they probably want to limit multitasking, so you can game longer, and it turn, buy more games. It's a phone MS. Get a grip. Most of us want to mutitask....not game.
mesiah
March 16, 2010 at 9:37pm
I think its funny that the spam filter blocks real posts, but when I spam the message board with complaints about spam I don't get blocked.
M-ManLA
March 16, 2010 at 7:10pm
I mean, how much do people want to do with their phone except not using it as a phone? I love extra features, don't get me wrong, but in the end, I by a phone to make calls. Yes I do use some quick net, some text, music and pics, but I want a phone. I got a computer for all of the extra stuff.
Electronically charged
monkeyboyx
March 16, 2010 at 2:50pm
I don’t have a problem with that. In the past I was able to run so many apps at once on my windows mobile phones that it degraded the operations to almost not being able to make calls. I attribute that to a very bad task manager and being allowed to lunch so many apps that you run out of memory and the OS did not give you any warning. This was a very big problem on the older windows CE phone. Believe me you don’t want to use a phone that is sluggish or not responsive when you want make a call. Many four letter words come to mind.
ThornDawg
March 16, 2010 at 2:24pm
sorry i mean annoying apps... but i guess most of them would be something we set up
ThornDawg
March 16, 2010 at 1:34pm
I dislike not having mulititasking, but i do see the importance of saving on battery life. besides who wants to have something annoying always running.
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