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apple multi-tasking

What the user gets instead

Bas Leenders

Bas Leenders

01 Feb 2010
What the user gets instead, is increased battery life, sustained performance, and reduced confusion.

Smoking Apples on (the supposed lack of) multi-tasking on the iPad (Wayback Machine)

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A glorified Excel spreadsheet can do what I can but better

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