Interesting Tidbit from Macworld '07

[Hakala]

"iPhone runs OS X!"
Huge cheers. "Why would we want to run such a sophisticated OS on a mobile device? It's got everything we need. Multitasking, networking, power management, graphics, security, video, graphics, audio core animation..."

Multitasking?!?!

Hmmmm...

I just have to laugh at this because nobody realized 'multitasking; would be ipod and safari and mail running in the background.

[from Engadget]

 

[sting7k]

Have to disagree. At the time that is exactly what every body was thinking because there were no third party apps of any kind.

 

[Hakala]

I see your point, but, Apple had a 2.0 gameplan most likely and new the multitasking they were talking about was different. But to contradict myself, they DID have to set the bar someplace.

 

[Duvi]

Or maybe they were referring to simultaneous voice & data. That's honestly true-multitasking as both apps (phone & data app) are being used at the same time

 

[Jellotime91]

iPhone 1.0 could very much multi-task, it didn't run any third party apps, so, multitasking was achieved by:
iPod
Safari
Mail
Clock (timers, alarms)
Phone + Data

So yeah. When I read the quote I was like WTF but then I remembered, 1.0 did multitask as much as it needed to.