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By: jim

jim — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:09:49 +0000

Well, there are two options. Either the apps are just frozen in state which makes multitasking basically a waste of time and it does just become a list of recently opened apps.

Or it is true multitasking where the tiles are still live which of course is using cpu/battery.

In the n9′s case I believe it’s the latter (except in some things like videos which are frozen for obvious reason.) So it makes sense to me to be able to close an app from the app (in a nice easy way.)

By: goodfellabk718

goodfellabk718 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:03:21 +0000

I really like the vietnamese vid, the guy is really taking the phone through its paces. he’s flicking and interacting with the screens like there’s no tomorrow lol. And the great part about it is that the N9 is keeping up with no problems; even with all those apps open. It really looks like Harmattan is coded well.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:28:33 +0000

No, it’s just complicates things. If you have used Android or iOS or whatever, you don’t have to worry about which apps are open and which are not. Think the multitasking view as ‘recently opened applications’, nothing more. The OS is flawed if it gives CPU to idling applications, which I believe is not the case.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:16:36 +0000

I think it works just like other OS’s, you don’t have to close apps, the OS takes care of that. Like Android, there’s no need to close apps. Also, most apps don’t need CPU in the background so they can be just frozen and they don’t consume resources.

However, some apps can be left running such as downloads in background which should be closed manually if they are not needed.

By: Nazty111

Nazty111 — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:50:51 +0000

thats the 6th sense!

By: Tiv

Tiv — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:26:17 +0000

Well most Symbian apps today have an exit button.

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Videos del Nokia N9, Celulares Nokia — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:49:20 +0000

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By: Ergonpandilus

Ergonpandilus — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:22:07 +0000

“The Three Views” won’t change orientation, but other apps like browser will.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:21:53 +0000

“You probably save battery also when the app is just idling in the memory rather than closing and opening it all the time which uses cpu time.”

You must be the first person I’ve ever heard say you SAVE battery by keeping the app running in the background. Maybe if you are open and closing the app every 4 seconds.

Basically I know what apps I want to keep in mutitasking and what apps I don’t when I close the app. So I think it would be cool to have the option to swipe DOWN like you are trashing the app in the dustbin (closing it.) Quite apart from memory concerns some apps you use rarely and don’t particularly want it added to prime position in the multitasking panel.

Having a swipe in all four direction perform the exact same function seems like a wasted opportunity to me.

It does make a diff if these apps are just frozen iphone style or are actually running in the background. I’m not sure which is the case