An article on CNET News by Brooke Crothers gives us a preview of multitasking on a device that uses Intel’s Moorestown chip and asks the question is multitasking on tablets important to users?
Pankaj Kedia, director of Intel’s Global Ecosystems Program for Mobile Internet Devices and Smart Phones, responded to an email question: “Consumers want to do multiple things at the same time: listen to music while browsing the Web, look for directions while looking at your calendar and talking with your friends, and so on,” -CNET, News
As the tablet race heats up with the announcement of Apple’s iPad, an important feature that could be a difference for users is multitasking. But can users really multitask?
An example of multitasking using technology is using mobile phones while driving. There’s a lot of controversy around this because the use of a mobile phone while driving increases the risk of an accident.
And some laws have been enacted to ban the user of cell phones while driving because drivers exhibit increased impairment over intoxicated drivers.
So even if new tablet devices offer the ability to multitask over Apple’s iPad, can users even handle doing more than one task at a time effectively?
If not, then multitasking is not much of an advantage to have on a tablet device.
