Windows Phone 7 Doesn't Fully Multitask, Copies iPhone OS.

[Free Radical]

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maemo is the only true multitasking phone os afaik

oops I forgot Symbian and older winmos. hell my Nokia 6600 can multitask and copy-paste.
Each of my python apps are fully functional until I explicitly make them sleep.

[Aumkar]

^ LOL. Nice correction there haha..

Symbian multitasks like a pro, but it also shuts down apps when the memory gets full -.-

[Free Radical]

That happens even on a full fledged pc if you run out of memory and have a small/no pagefile!
I sure as hell don't want paging on a phone.

Unless you are using an insane number of apps simultaneously, current symbian os is fine.
Atleast you know you can safely run any sane number of background scripts.

[Aumkar]

But how many of us truly experience those occurences?

[Free Radical]

Problem is not the os (talking of Symbian here), its how many apps you run on a device with limited memory.
If you do want to run more apps, get a phone which has more memory, simple.

However, the ability to multitask is more important for people like me who prefer to always have their own scripts "always" running in the background.

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Here's a sample pys60 script (all of it coded by me) I run in the background for my 6600

import e32, appswitch, fgimage, graphics, miso, TopWindow
from sysagent import *
from esysagent import *
from audio import *
from time import time, localtime, strftime

Phone = [u'Phone', u'Telephone']
appswitch.switch_to_fg(u"Phone")

#Ttime = [u'00', u'15', u'30', u'45']
Ttime = [u'00']
Otime = [u'00']
alm = "E:\\Sounds\\Alarm\\"
rec = "E:\\Sounds\\Recorded\\Calls\\"
ext1 = ".AMR"
ext2 = ".WAV"
running = 1

app_lock = e32.Ao_lock()
fg = fgimage.FGImage()
left = graphics.Image.open("E:\\Images\\start\\start.bmp")
screen = TopWindow.TopWindow()
screen.size = (80,16)
screen.position = (105,191)
screen.corner_type = 'square'
screen.shadow = 0

img = graphics.Image.new((80,40))
now = strftime("%I:%M:%S%p", localtime())
img.text((3,12),unicode(now),(255,255,255),u"LatinPlain13")
screen.add_image(img, (0,0,80,40))
screen.show()

while running:
 if current_call()==ESACallVoice:
#  s = Sound.open(rec+strftime("%Y.%m.%d %I-%M-%S", localtime())+ext1)
#  s.record()
  while current_call()==ESACallVoice:
    miso.reset_inactivity_time()
    e32.ao_sleep(1)
#  s.stop()
 if current_call() in [ESACallNone, ESACallData]:  
  if strftime("%M", localtime()) in Ttime:
   if strftime("%S", localtime()) in Otime:
    hor = Sound.open(alm+strftime("%I", localtime())+ext2)
    min = Sound.open(alm+strftime("%M", localtime())+ext2)
#    amp = Sound.open(alm+strftime("%p", localtime())+ext2)
    hor.play(1)
    e32.ao_sleep(0.75)
    min.play(1)
#    e32.ao_sleep(1)
#    amp.play(1) 
  if appswitch.application_list(1)[0] in Phone:
    screen.remove_image(img, (0,0,80,40))
    now = strftime("%I:%M:%S%p", localtime())
    img.clear((15,150,235))
    img.text((3,12),unicode(now),(255,255,255),u"LatinPlain13")
    screen.add_image(img, (0,0,80,40))
    screen.show()
    fg.set(0,188, left._bitmapapi())
  else:
    screen.hide()
    fg.unset()
 elif current_call() not in [ESACallNone, ESACallData]:
  screen.hide()
  fg.unset()
 e32.ao_sleep(0.5)

It has a call monitor built in plus it manages the backlight of the phone, record a call, kill a call, display the time in seconds on the phone screen (display any computed text / image from the disk), maintain a log of calls, a send a text message at a given time, speak the time, alarm, run an app, do something if a certain app is active etc. etc.

A device should do what you want it to do. Not what it expects you to do.

You get my point?

[Superfrag]

Blackberry also multitasks very well... well my Symbian was decent at multitasking but it was too slow.

[Ad1tya]

Blackberry's Multitask the best IMO. Specially with 5.0.0.536/545 =X

Also, my Jailbroken iPhone with ProSwitcher+Backgrounder, is the most imba form of Multitasking =X

[rpm19050]

Originally Posted by Free Radical That happens even on a full fledged pc if you run out of memory and have a small/no pagefile! I sure as hell don't want paging on a phone. Unless you are using an insane number of apps simultaneously, current symbian os is fine. Atleast you know you can safely run any sane number of background scripts.

correct.

Originally Posted by Aumkar™ But how many of us truly experience those occurences?

i almost daily do.

[Free Radical]

me too
my 6600 is too old for abuse

[rpm19050]

Originally Posted by Free Radical me too my 6600 is too old for abuse

difference is: i encounter that on a machine is 4gb ram


i have an se w700 and it can't do shit. other than helping me run up bills in 2k+....contributed 16.5k to vf' balance sheet last year

[Free Radical]

doesn't it support flash lite v1.1 ???
There is still hope if you know some ActionScript

[rpm19050]

Originally Posted by Free Radical doesn't it support flash lite v1.1 ??? There is still hope if you know some ActionScript

no it doesnt. not out of the box. but i get a new phone, ill sure as hell take away the rom' celibacy.
actionscript' easy shit .. event driven programming is as lovely as cranberry muffins ...mmmm

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help me find a nice rom for this baby, will you?

[Free Radical]

never bought SE, so I guess you are on your own pal , though I did some crazy shit with Actionscript on my 6233

+1 on event driven programming. That's the real shit. Its all too easy on Symbian nowadays since pys60 has really matured now that there are libraries for vibracontrol and the accelerometer too and prolly even some opengl.
But dunno for sure. Been many years since I bought a new phone.

[Aumkar]

Originally Posted by rpm19050 i almost daily do.

That makes for a grand total of..... TWO people!