How Side-by-Side Multitasking Can Be Implemented On Android

Posted on June 8th, 2011

Windows 8. A dual-layered OS which makes Microsoft’s mobile and desktop experiences sit side-by-side. It seems that Microsoft has finally got the tablet game right when it comes to UX, but if there’s one thing that stands out on the brand new, upcoming OS (other than the flaming bright colours), it’s the side-by-side multitasking on the touch UI. I love it. In fact, I envy it.

I was one of the 5000 blessed with a Limited Edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at this year’s Google I/O, and I have to say it – I love Android’s take on the tablet OS. Granted, it still is quite rough around the edges and could use a little work, but for a first iteration, Honeycomb is a new side of tablet experience that we’ve never seen. Apple is set on taking their phone/media device OS and scaling it to a larger screen while Microsoft believes that both desktop and tablet have to work together to make our computing lives better. Android, on the other hand, converges the two in a best-of-both-worlds subset. Almost. Read more

iOS 5: Nothing But Catch Up

Posted on June 6th, 2011

Today was the start of the long-awaited WWDC 2011 – the official Apple developer conference. The world was ready to see a brand new iOS and Mac OS X shown off, along with their new friend iCloud. People were excited to finally see a drastically hideous notifications system improve and some nice free cloud storage to add to their iWorld, amongst other things. Rumors flew back and forth – was today’s “one more thing” going to be some new hardware? No. Although expected, this morning’s keynote was (sadly?) all about software updates and some very immense changes to both of Apple’s operating systems. I have to admit – OS X Lion looks like a beast with features seeping out of all its pores. Sitting next to Windows 7, possibly one of Microsoft’s best work to date, it looks like a glorious entry into a brand new age of computing. But then there was an elephant in the room. A giant one, but no one was willing to admit it – iOS is now behind the times and Apple is now officially playing catch up in the game they undoubtedly pioneered.

Note: These are my initial reactions.

Background: Here’s a quick overview of iOS 5 in video form.

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