Blast from the past
There has been some controversy going on about the prohibitions on background processes for iPhone applications using the SDK.
This pretty much rules out a client such as the Jaiku mobile client which sends your status updates to a server and gets your buddies’ statuses. But yes there will be ton of useful applications nevertheless.
The single app model reminds me somewhat of my old Palm Vx which also had the concept of a single foreground app. It still is one of the most usable handheld devices I have used with loads of applications available for it. I used it intensively as the wear and tear on the picture probably shows.
Of course this was before the age of connectivity, so a background app could not have done much anyway and later versions of the Palm OS allowed for MP3 playback in the background while you were doing other things.
Palm is all but forgotten now, let’s see how the iPhone does.
