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5. thealphageek1 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 12:59 0 0

There are no multitasking limits on BB10. It is a true multitasking OS. Everything continues to run in the background and/or under the hood. But it's great to see BB10 progressing so nicely.

6. addicted2088 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 21:55 0 0

The fact that only 8 apps can run at any one time is itself a multitasking limit for me, as even though most would never need to run so many apps, I quite often do. And from what I hear, BB10 simply kills the 1st of 8 apps when the 9th is opened.

That's my question really. What about instant messaging apps? Do they get killed too with just a service left open for incoming messages and are reloaded when we click on a new message? If that is so, then it's like iOS and WP which is a time waster since we have to wait for the app to load again. Plus, once I open the IM app on getting a notification, it will no doubt again count as one of the 8 open apps and kill one of the 8 open apps.

I really wish someone could explain just how multitasking is happening on BB10 apart from those 8 running apps. I was excited for the OS but the 8-app limit (on a whopping 2GB RAM) and the thought of having iOS/WP-like multitasking killed it for me.

8. thealphageek1 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 06:59 0 0

From what I've been reading, the developer of the app(in this case an instant messaging app)can make it so it is not killed by the OS. So theoretically, an instant messaging app can still run once the 9th app is opened. It will just get "skipped over" and the next app will be "killed". Certain apps already allow for this, like the Nobex app on BB10. I'm pretty certain this will be increased in future updates.

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9. addicted2088 posted on 19 Feb 2013, 07:46 0 0

Ah, great, if that's the case then it isn't an issue. Even I'm thinking they will increase the limit on how many apps can run later on, but even if they do not, it's okay if the app can continue to run when needed. Guess I'll try out a BB10 device when it launches here in India in March, see for myself, haha.

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7. addicted2088 posted on 18 Feb 2013, 21:57 0 0

So has BB7, so has Symbian since many many years, what's your point? BB10 is a completely new OS so of course it is only just beginning to get such apps and do these things. It's great enough that the possibility to do this is there on the first version of BB10, should progress really nicely in the coming months.