| 08 April 2010
I just finished following Engadget's iPhone OS 4.0 Event Liveblog, and here are the most significant features they announced:
1. Multitasking - basically, you double-click on the homescreen to bring up all the apps that are open at once. Since apps can run in the background, this means you can get Skype calls even when the app isn't open, or listen to Pandora while doing something else. This is pretty cool.
2. Folders - this will allow you to put multiple apps into one folder, and it will name it for you based on the apps you add into the folder (or you can name it yourself). This now allows you to put over 2,000 apps on your iPhone at once. I used this on my old unlocked iPhone a little bit, but to be honest, I would forget what apps I had in folders and ended up neglecting them. We'll see how this works out.
3. Enhanced Mail - unified inbox (good for me, since I have four accounts that I regularly check), organize email by thread. Sounds good to me.
4. Game center - Apple's own social gaming network. Basically, Xbox Live for the iPhone. This is huge, because it basically will lay waste to current networks like OpenFeint and the Plus+ network. It's going to have a friends list, matchmaking, leaderboards, and achievements.
5. They mentioned a couple other items offhand, like bluetooth keyboard support (YES!), spell checker, customizable homescreen wallpaper, 5x digital zoom, manual focus for videos, and the ability to create playlists.
The new OS will be out this Summer on 3GS. The 3G will have most of the features, but not all of them (they specifically said multitasking will not be on the 3G). It also is coming to the iPad this Fall, which is good news considering how much processing power the iPad has. Overall, most of what I was hoping for is coming to the iPhone soon, and I'm excited.
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