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by reneky 6132 days ago
Unless it can play music while you do other stuff, like the iPod app can do, it's not really making iTunes obsolete.

I find that really frustrating, with all the streaming radio apps.
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jsonscripter 6132 days ago
I thought the new iPhone allowed background applications...? Why can't they play music all the time?

Edit: No really, I'm just asking. Why can't they? Is it banned? I honestly remember hearing the hoopla around background applications a few months ago.

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yan 6132 days ago
They allowed push notifications, which are a serviceable substitute for some reasons you might want to run in the background. You can not actually have code running when your app isn't in the foreground.
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e1ven 6132 days ago
The new iPhone does not allow background applications.

The iPhone does enable Notifications, which allow you to receive an aim message, for instance, while you are not running the AIM application, but this is more akin to having AIM send a special version of a text message to your phone, asking you to open AIM to see the full message.

There are ways to use background applications on Jailbroken iPhones, but the UI isn't designed for it, and they run slowly on anything less than a 3gs.

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