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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
As far as multitasking, there are lots of legitimate uses for it. Trying to call out one example and then decrying "but the mass market doesn't need to do that!" is nothing but rubbish fanboyism. It's unfortunate when consumers try to publicly dismiss legitimate flaws for no reason but to justify their own bias. It's a marketing strategist's dream though (and I speak from experience on that).
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ok then. lets assume the mass market DOES want to multitask. what exactly would they be doing exactly? can you give me a really good example of multitasking that typical consumers would have to have multiple apps open at the same time for? ... still waiting...
ok. now give me a good example of true multitasking things you would do if you could do them on an iPad.
i'm looking at my computer right now. i've got a browser windows with about 20 tabs open, my email client, iTunes, 2 chat clients, calendar app and a notes app all open. at some point i'll probably open up a few more. but i'm hardly ever actually multi-tasking. do i have multiple things open? yes. but am i actually actively using more than one application at the same time? no.
so that got me to thinking... when do i actually "multitask". well, most often its when i'm doing some heavier computing, such as rendering video in the background while i continue to work on other things (although some folks recommend not doing anything while video is rendering, but i've not had any issues personally), or batching a bunch of photos in photoshop or lightroom for example while working on other things. so right there, i don't think i plan to do a lot of those things on something like an iPhone or iPad.