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by fpgeek 4945 days ago
Not the poster's fault, but the original title is ignorant at best and deliberately deceptive at worst.

First, Samsung did exactly what Google suggested to Cornerstone / CyanogenMod - make it an optional extension that apps can opt into. Here's some (unofficial) documentation about that: http://www.modaco.com/page/news/_/android/developers-add-sup...

Second, I have a Galaxy Note 2. Applications that support multi-window on my phone (i.e. where the application developer has opted into the feature) include: Gmail, Chrome, (Google) Maps, YouTube and (Google) talk. I'm sure all of that was done over the vociferous objections of Dianne Hackborn and the rest of the Android team.