iPhone OS 4 news coming Apr. 8 [updated]

by Ben Gilbert on Apr 5th 2010 4:28PM

Hot off the launch of the iPad this past weekend, Apple this morning announced an event at its Cupertino campus unveiling the fourth iteration of the iPhone OS this Thursday, Engadget reports. Other than the cryptic image you see above offering the press a "sneak peek into the future of iPhone OS," details are ... well, non-existent about what will be unveiled. That said, last time Apple held one of these soirées, the company announced in-game purchasing functionality for its developers.

We know there's a ton of functionality for gaming we'd like to see added into the platform (multi-tasking anyone?), but we're more interested in what you want added in the forthcoming update. So we've put together a poll below and encourage those of you who choose the "Other" option to drop your idea in the comments section. Engadget will be liveblogging the event and we'll have all the gaming news rounded up for you when the presser goes down at 1PM ET on April 8 (oh man, that's later this week!).

[Update: Date corrected.]

What gaming functionality do you want to see in iPhone OS 4?
Xbox Live-style login (sorry, OpenFeint)	591 (9.4%)
Multi-tasking, so you can pause your game to send an email	3585 (57.1%)
Make my iPhone 3G usable again	738 (11.8%)
iPhone OS, moar lik iPhone POS amirite?!	1145 (18.2%)
Other (enter in the comments below)	215 (3.4%)

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Tags: announcement, apple, event, iphone-os, iphone-os-4, iPod, os

Reader Comments (89)

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So I guess that's why they call it the blues?

...yep...

It's fairly amazing that multi-tasking still needs to be on a poll like this.

Its even more amazing that this bullshit was even posted to begin with.

it's also amazing that there is a poll about a phone OS, on joystiq.

no offense, i know it's a blog, not a news site, but there is a sister site known as engadget where this can be posted.

it's also fairly amazing how this post is so flame baited, i mean "iPhone OS, moar lik iPhone POS amirite?!"

come on. You aren't even trying to hide it.

well whether you like it or not, the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad *ARE* used for lots of gaming, so they're gonna be mentioned on Joystiq. Whatever happens at the event will affect you if you have any of those 3 devices.

There's also a sister site known as Engadget that is tech focused and filled with Apple trolls of both camps. Joystiq, the gaming focused sister, can oh . . . say . . . may, I don't know . . . focus specifically on the gaming aspect of the iPhone OS?

If you want to comment on the article and not be drowned in a sea of Apple trolling, and above all, comment on the gaming aspect, I say it's a good thing it's on Joystiq.

Multi-tasking should be the first priority at this point.

Joystiq is meandering into Engadget territory with iPad/iPhone "news" because Kotaku's been enjoying success treading on Gizmodo's turf by doing the same thing.

Between it being an unbelievably slow news day, the fact that the last iPhone OS update added a bunch of stuff to the game SDK, and that we wanted to pimp Engadget's forthcoming coverage of the event, we wrote this piece. I actually initially contested it's newsworthiness, but was convinced of its relevance by the aforementioned criteria. Sorry if you didn't dig it!

Thursday*

It doesn't matter to me. Apple's just going to dump support for first gen devices, which means that soon the devices won't be able to buy Apps, which means it's time to switch to a Zune HD or something.

That's where Apple and MS differ on their MP3 players....sure it took MS years to get the Zune out but at least they have supported the first Zunes since launch....giving it games and more

Multi-tasking.

Flash compatible web-browsing....

Cappuccino-maker. Seriously, sometimes i just need my cappuccino.

Joystiq. Not Video Games. New /v/.

I would like to see a built-in fart machine. I think Apple could make the best fart machine app.

But then Apple would pull all other fart apps from the Store, as they 'duplicated the functions of Apple software'...

Let's see... How could it be called? Of course - iFart*. It would sell like hot cakes.

*iFart is Dolby Surround compatible, includes abundance of different farts. DLC provides additional rich sound effects accompanying various farts.

Really, multitasking is a gaming feature now? Really? 99% of the games I have on my iPod save their state when I exit them anyway (LineUp 2 is the exception, it just quits), so multitasking isn't going to really net me much beyond slowing down the other app I'm now trying to use in the foreground.

If it gets flash then I'll pick one up

Isn't the 8th a Thursday?

I'd like to see a good iPhone in general, that isn't jail broken.

Droid, or milestone if you are canadian or european.

O, nvm, you said iPhone.

lol, that's funny

MAN IT SURE IS. YOU ARE AT THE PINNACLE OF COMEDY, GOOD SIR.

And you're a douche, so you do not have much room to speak.

wait... i'm confused. i was referring to the droid guy.

Then I take back what I say. Please use things like "@Brian (PC gamer extraordinaire)" to clarify that. My apologies.

If this is anything like the ipad presser they'll just show us the same OS we've been using, and demo the same features we've been using for the last year while calling them "magical" and "revolutionary".

Look, it syncs to your computer! Turn it sideways and you picture turns sideways!!!

The ultimate browsing experiences... except it doesn't play flash!

An xbox live style login would kinda be cool, in that it would draw people to buy more games to show off their gamertrophs or whatever they get. And then the game devs would get money. And then make more games. To keep making money. To make

Yeah.

Sorry. That makes way too much sense, so Apple won't do it.

...oops

Yeah, just like Apple OSX would be dead if it were vastly outnumbered by-

Oh.

This man knows what he is talking about.

While other companies innovate, Apple just sticks a lowercase "i" infront of a product, and all the sheep run out to buy it, while all these "journalists" do nothing but jerk-off to their mediocre devices.

Uhhhh iHope the next iPhone is mentioned with a street date or May 1.....with the rumored HD features front facing camera and other things....that will tide me over til this fall with WinPho7

What th-

how many phones do you buy?

i have 5.... just saying.

(none of them iphones by the way. lol, who do you think i am?)

HTC FTW!

@skyblaze
We all have a ton of old cellphones lying around. Unless you're saying you actually use all five of them. In which case, you must be the busiest man in the entire world. I don't even know how you find time to post on Joystiq.

USORITE.
Needs more Evo 4g

Apple is in the same position they were when Windows became the leader of the market, and Jobs is making the same mistakes.

Oh well.

@ Blight - Jobs wasn't at Apple when Windows became the leading consumer OS.
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@ All - Wait until Thursday before you start declaring a platform dead, or bitching about innovation, or claiming they are making the same mistakes as they did in the nineties. Competition is good, Android gaining such serious market share with multiple devices launching left and right could be just the thing to kick start Apple into overhaul mode.

Friday? That is gonna be a EPIC day, Cliffy B on J.Fallon announcing a new game and details on Iphone OS 4.

I don't see this as being an OS impacting games in any substantial way at all. Seems like a stretch.

A TRIM function. Drives don't delete data, but on a SSD drive, the controller still keeps track of it even though the OS doesn't. This slows the system down tremendously. Microsoft solved this in Windows 7 (and with a tool for their other OS lines) called TRIM that breaks that driver controller reference. The iPhone desperately needs that, especially the slow as shit first generation.

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