Apple and multitasking on iPad: an essential feature despised

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• So far we have not been able to enjoy a true multitasking on iPad, can keep several windows open simultaneously on the screen. 

• The best example of true multitasking is found in Windows 8, which can work with two applications simultaneously and share features.

Today all the blogosphere related to the Apple's world has boomed. Why? Nothing more and nothing less than a delicious rumor from 9to5Mac, where apparently all analysts agree that to point at the next developer conference will witness a new feature in iOS 8: true multitasking for iPad. If so, this would be a milestone in the history of the company, which always opted for a formula so far has been obsolete compared to their rivals.

Towards a true multitasking

The best productivity tool in the day. A statement that is not mine, but rather have heard the many members of Apple repeatedly. With the iPad as the primary device in professional and educational settings, it is certain that the Cupertino company boasts that its tablet is versatile and able to tackle virtually any challenge. With thousands of apps in the App Store and most advanced mobile operating system, it appears that there is room for improvement but nothing further from reality. In post-PC era, if there is something naturally impossible to run a mobile device user, it is multitasking.

Although in iOS 7 has greatly improved the management of applications, especially the visual design of it, we are still far from that users seek. The 9.7 inch screen is more than enough to allow to open multiple applications simultaneously in the same window. Maybe not so much to a similar management OS X or Windows PC desktop, because this is a mobile device. Something equivalent to what we can find in Windows 8. Thus have seen some users as Sam Beckett, who have published their own ideas of how it should be multitasking on iPad with the release of iOS 8.



We will have to wait until the WWDC 2014 to see if we will actually see a real multitasking on the iPad or are simply rumors, although it is clear that the inclusion of this feature in our iPad would have more fans than detractors.