iPhone, perhaps having decided that its planned push-notification
system for the iPhone was not the best solution.
MacRumors has a report out today saying they've "heard" that Apple is
thinking about dropping its objection to having iPhone applications
run in the background at some point in the future. If you'll recall,
Apple announced last June that iPhone users wouldn't be able to run
more than one application at the same time in order to preserve
battery life and performance, which surprised developers used to
creating smartphone applications for other platforms with that
capability intact.
At present, the iPhone must automatically close most apps and only
allows certain of Apple's own services to run in the background, such
as e-mail checks and music playback. The interface is often cited as
the primary reason for the limit, as it doesn't include buttons or
shortcuts to switch apps without closing. When justifying the its
since-stalled background push notification efforts, Apple didn't
overly reject the notion of running background apps but criticized
operating systems like Windows Mobile for poor management that
necessitated a dedicated task manager to close programs.
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