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> IMO to be revolutionary the iPad should convince you not to buy a laptop The key thing sitting in the way of that for me, at least for the most part, is the

> IMO to be revolutionary the iPad should convince you not to buy a laptop The key thing sitting in the way of that for me, at least for the most part, is the lack of true background multitasking. I understand the need to avoid the battery problems of the Android ecosystem, but there needs to be some way to take an app and say 'yes, I really want to let this sit active indefinitely until I intentionally quit it'. For a simple example, consider an IRC client: it's useless if it drops the connection every time you turn off the screen or switch to another app for too long.

cesarb 7y ago
> For a simple example, consider an IRC client: it's useless if it drops the connection every time you turn off the screen or switch to another app for too long. I believe the "correct" way to do it would be to have a server in the middle, which keeps the connection alive, buffers the necessary data, and sends a notification to the device when appropriate. That is, unlike a desktop or a laptop, a tablet or smartphone is not designed to be a fully independent device.
- crooked-v 7y ago
  ...and that's the problem. To be less pithy, 'just have a server in the middle' is completely impractical for some things, because that doesn't always exist.