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iPhone rumored to support Background Processes in 3.0 Firmware

 
The current iPhone still has a nasty limitation. 3rd party iPhone applications can not run in the background and must shutdown after closing. Last year Apple said it would support a push notification service so apps that need updating from server side i... (link)

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