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Old 10-10-2008, 09:06 AM
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christexaport wrote:
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...the multitasking capabilities of Android are far behind the S60 platform. I have 12 apps running right now while typing this on my T9 keypad, and can switch to either of them in under two seconds. And these apps fully run in the background, not hibernate.
Not likely. I mean, I'm no developer and maybe I'm wrong but I just don't see how. Unless the apps running are very small and very lightweight they must be dumped from memory, otherwise everything would soon slow to a crawl. A smartphone simply doesn't have that much memory/processor capability. I think kaziko said he had something like 36 apps open at once and could switch to another almost instantaneously, even though they were not actually running.
Since Android is Linux-based I don't see how or why it would be less multi-task capable than any other system. Linux makes a terrific platform for multi-tasking, certainly way better than WM.

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If desktop YouTube page works in the browser, it DOES support Flash
It has been made very clear that the browser does not support Flash. However the included YouTube app works, it's not via direct Flash support.

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What is the process by which text is selected/copied from webpages? How do you copy a link? And can you save a link without actually pressing it?
This is covered in the User's Guide:
http://support.t-mobile.com/knowbase...SERVICE=Manual
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