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Old 02-02-2010, 05:08 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
I wouldn't need multitasking on a phone.

I would on a tablet as I want to be able to go back and forth between multiple windows open at the same time as I'd often be working on a paper in say Word, looking through research articles in PDF, searching websites for info related to the paper I was proofing etc.

Just too clunky to have to save work, close the program, open another program etc. vs. just switching between windows.
I dont think it would be too clunky as firstly you wouldnt have to 'save' as the apps remember where you were they basically sleep rather than close.

If you then sat the apps next to each other on home screen you could say be typing a doc - press home button - tap safari - copy a quote - press home - press doc app and paste.

ina traditional OS you would have to do typing doc - press alt and tab(or use mouse) - copy text - alt tab - paste text

So only 1 action more on iPad, whilst i Agree it may not be perfect but its maybe not as bad as some may think.
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