Though it’s relented on MMS and copy / paste, Apple has stubbornly, steadfastly continued to hold the line on the multitasking issue throughout the iPhone’s two and a half-year career. Though it has a point about traditional multitasking burning through power, competing smartphone platforms — scratch that, every competing platform — has proven that it’s still plenty possible to get a full days’ life out of a battery while running a full host of apps in the background. Of course, the jailbroken iPhone community knows this full well, which is why there are a number of utilities available for backgrounding apps, but maybe none quite as slick as the just-released multifl0w. Taking a cue from the Pre, multifl0w adds backgrounded apps to a horizontally-scrollable gallery of cards; the only thing it’s missing is a swipe gesture for quitting, but it’s a minor point. Apple, we know you’re seeing how good this is — is there a defensible reason for why we still have to h4×0r our handsets to get this?
[Thanks, Jai]
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