Azeez,

Not quite. Multi-tasking works well on the G1. Apparently, the option to terminate applications was left out by HTC, so it isn’t an issue with the Android OS.

For example, the Samsung i7500, which also runs on Android 1.5 (the same version on my G1), has the feature implemented. See i7500 preview at GSMArena (non-mobile link). So, there’s no doubt that Android supports the feature but that for whatever reason HTC didn’t put it in the G1.

As a matter of fact, multi-tasking on Android is better than on Symbian, in the sense that when an application is terminated in the background (and Symbian does that too), when you re-launch it, the application resumes exactly where you left off before it was terminated, such that it wouldn’t even occur to you that it had been terminated.

This is superb for users who don’t need to know what’s going on behind the scenes, and who do not care about technicalities (and the majority of users fall into this category). It simplifies things for them. The only reason I got to know was because I installed a 3rd party app that shows running applications so I could monitor behind-the-scene operations.

But, I’m getting ahead of myself now. That was supposed to be part of the “10 things I like about the G1″ review.

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This tells us that we ve gat 1 or 2 things to cheer about the ‘dated’ Symbian OS especially the multi tasking aspect…..dont ya all agree wit me?

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