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Jumping the gun?
Apple's supposed to announce major news about its iPhone 4.0 operating system on Thursday. A local company may have beaten 'em to it.
Just got a press release from Illume Software, a Boston-area company that makes iZUP, an app for Windows Mobile phones that prevents texting while driving. Illume would love to make a version for the iPhone, but can't because iZUP requires the ability to run in the background at all times, and as everyone knows, the iPhone doesn't let apps do that.
Or maybe it will, after Thursday. The release said:
"On the heels of the news that iPhone 4.0 will support multi-tasking, I wanted to provide you with a powerful example of how this news will impact Boston businesses.
"Before the availability of multi-tasking on the iPhone, certain applications have not been available or possible for the iPhone. This development now enables local Boston company, Illume Software, to offer their flagship product iZUP (eliminating driver’s distractions) on the iPhone."
There've been lots of rumors that multitasking is coming. This may or may not be confirmation that the rumors are true. We'll see...
Just got a press release from Illume Software, a Boston-area company that makes iZUP, an app for Windows Mobile phones that prevents texting while driving. Illume would love to make a version for the iPhone, but can't because iZUP requires the ability to run in the background at all times, and as everyone knows, the iPhone doesn't let apps do that.
Or maybe it will, after Thursday. The release said:
"On the heels of the news that iPhone 4.0 will support multi-tasking, I wanted to provide you with a powerful example of how this news will impact Boston businesses.
"Before the availability of multi-tasking on the iPhone, certain applications have not been available or possible for the iPhone. This development now enables local Boston company, Illume Software, to offer their flagship product iZUP (eliminating driver’s distractions) on the iPhone."
There've been lots of rumors that multitasking is coming. This may or may not be confirmation that the rumors are true. We'll see...
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Hiawatha Bray
Hiawatha is a business reporter and columnist covering the high-tech industry for the Boston Globe business section. His weekly Tech Lab gadgets and software reviews appear in the Globe every Thursday.
