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Old 01-20-2012, 03:49 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Marrko View Post
Sounds great, but it seems to me that - at least in case of readning books - it does not produce anything new or better in terms of usability. This is because of two key reasons:

a) even without multitasking, any decent ereader will remember last viewed place in a book before closing it.

b) even with multitasking, you can not see two books at the same time on screen (as there's no windowing interface available).
There is a better usability, because you can (within books) switch between books faster. You don't have to close one book, go to the menu/library, open another one, read something, close it, go to the menu/library, open the one before...

Have a look at the task switcher:
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