{"id":521160,"date":"2010-04-08T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/b4430dab691e40a91c2d2bebe2121af7"},"modified":"2010-04-08T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T19:55:00","slug":"apple-previews-seven-features-in-iphone-os-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521160","title":{"rendered":"Apple previews seven features in iPhone OS 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Noah and I just finished our live coverage of the Apple event in Cupertino (to check it out, click here).&nbsp; In the presentation, Jobs outlined seven new &#8220;tentpole&#8221; features that will be included in iPhone OS 4:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Multitasking<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>First of all, the iPhone 3G won&#8217;t support multitasking.&nbsp; According to Jobs, the hardware just &#8220;can&#8217;t handle it.&#8221;&nbsp; Beyond that, the 3GS, newer iPod touch units, and the iPad will see the new features.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re in an application and you want to multitask, you can bring up a dock at the bottom of the screen with the running programs (and switch from there).<\/p>\n<p>Scott Forstall showed off the new capabilities by demonstrating with Pandora, Skype, and TomTom.&nbsp; What&#8217;s more, task completion will be enabled, so you&#8217;ll be able to exit out of that picture sharing program while it&#8217;s uploading.&nbsp; In my opinion, it&#8217;s the most important feature that was demonstrated today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99160-iphone-os-4-0213-rm-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Folder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead of having numerous apps scattered across your iPhone, OS 4 will offer the ability to place them in &#8220;Folders.&#8221;<strong>&nbsp; <\/strong>By moving an app on another app, it automatically creates a folder and names it (though the name can be changed).&nbsp; A nice organizational feature, if I do say so myself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99160-iphone-os-4-0239-rm-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Enhanced Mail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of my common complaints about the iPhone is being addressed in iPhone OS 4.&nbsp; Mail improvements include the ability to configure more than one Exchange account, a unified inbox for all of your addresses, the ability to open an attachment with an app from the App Store, and the ability to view e-mails by thread.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99160-iphone-os-4-0255-rm-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\" \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. iBooks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quite possibly one of my favorite features on the iPad &#8211; iBooks &#8211; is finally coming to the iPhone.&nbsp; Nothing new here, but it&#8217;ll be nice to have when I&#8217;m traveling.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99160-iphone-os-4-0264-rm-eng-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"210\" \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Enterprise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Better data protection, mobile device management, and most importantly, support for multiple Exchange accounts.&nbsp; Finally.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99160-iphone-os-4-0275-rm-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\" \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Game Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you like to play games on your iPhone, then the Game Center is going to interest you.&nbsp; From what I can gather, it&#8217;s going to be a social gaming network of sorts, complete with achievements, leaderboards, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/4\/99160-iphone-os-4-0289-rm-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"198\" \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. iAd<br \/><\/strong>Leave it to Apple to make mobile advertising interesting.&nbsp; Claiming that apps are &#8220;where the opportunity to deliver advertising is,&#8221; iAd is intended to help developers create rich, app-like advertisements.&nbsp; In the demo, the advertisement literally looked like an app within an app.&nbsp; Very cool, and I&#8217;m sure it will make waves in the advertising industry.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, a good event.&nbsp; What say you?&nbsp; Pleased with the improvements in iPhone OS 4, or were you expecting more today?&nbsp; Sound off in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p>(Images via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2010\/04\/08\/live-from-apples-iphone-os-4-event\/\" >Engadget<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oPFOeyGgXlsWlayW6xA385-3ThU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oPFOeyGgXlsWlayW6xA385-3ThU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oPFOeyGgXlsWlayW6xA385-3ThU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/oPFOeyGgXlsWlayW6xA385-3ThU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/fjqltYQNXW0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noah and I just finished our live coverage of the Apple event in Cupertino (to check it out, click here).&nbsp; In the presentation, Jobs outlined seven new &#8220;tentpole&#8221; features that will be included in iPhone OS 4: 1. 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