In case you didn't spend your day watching the engadget.com blog auto-update the iPhone OS 4 event here's a recap of what Cupertino is giving us (iPhone users) this summer with the release of the new OS 4.
The 7 Tentpoles of iPhone OS 4:
1. Multitasking between Apps... without killing battery life. (yes that means pandora can play in the background and skype can receive calls while running in the background)
2. Folder... iPhone apps can now be arranged into folders which means instead of 180 apps, you can have 2100+
3. Mail... enchanced mail, that is. That means a unified inbox and more than one exchange account, plus a few other great features.
4. iBooks... straight from the iPad, the iPhone now has iBooks. Comes with a free "Whinnie the Pooh" book, FTW!
5. Enterprise... lots of really cool, rad, and hip features for business. I'll save you the time.
6. Game Center... gaming is about to be revolutionized on the iPhone. There's even the Cupertino equivalent of XBOX Live with the Apple social gaming network. This will be sweet, for sure.
7. iAd... yeah I know, pretty big build up to something we hate. But they're doing what they can to make us hate ads less on the iPhone and they might have succeeded. We'll just have to wait and see. Also this is going to skyrocket their ad revenue and add considerably to the stock value... (invest now!)
So that's the list of the big new changes come soon to your pocket. Keep in mind that all of the changes will only be available on the iPhone 3GS and 2nd gen iTouch. Only some of these, no multitasking, will be available on the 3G or iTouch. [fail] There are many other little changes, like being able to change the background on your home screen instead of just your lock screen, but we'll hear more about those in the next few months. All great things take time to build, and it looks as if Apple is on that tipping point between making the iPhone OS newer and finally making it better.
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