Part of what I've been looking forward to see in Honeycomb is the transitions between open apps. It's like an alt+tab using your fingers. The transitions are apparently great in HP's touchpad (i.e. the video keeps on running through the thumbnails). Same is somewhat true with the demos of Honeycomb, including the drag and drop between windows.
I've complained about how the iOS will lag against these new features on Honeycomb, but come on, Apple knows better than that.
Here's a hands on video featuring the new iOS features:
- The five finger "close" gesture will close your current app and return to home (the counterpart of tapping the home key)
- A 4-finger scroll upwards is the equivalent of the double tap on home, revealing the apps that are open for multi-tasking
- While a 4-finger towards the left or right scrolls through open apps.
It looks great. Good sign of things to come.
Rumor has it, the ipad 3 may not even have any dedicated buttons, just a screen. I can see that working. Again, a step ahead of the competition. Damnit. This iOS upgrade will help with the catchup, but it of course will not be enough.
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