Steve Jobs : Nothing Wallpaper on the iPhone 3G IOS 4

Who has updated its iPhone 3G to version IOS4 will certainly have noticed that not all new features for newer models are usable , first of all the multitasking performance for obvious reasons , but inexplicably fails even the ability to set a background image.

Erica , a reader of Gizmodo, wrote directly to Steve Jobs requesting details :

Hello Steve! I just upgraded to my iPhone
3G to IOS 4 with a desire to set a background picture . Guess what ', it was not possible , but I want to know why.

Look, I understand why you have not included multitasking. My iPhone gets quite hot when I use certain applications , I dare not imagine how multitasking could fry my phone .

But this thing I do not understand the background , why should use memory-intensive and / or drain the battery. I do not think this feature should be exclusive to the 3Gs and 4G.

Steve Jobs is not the answer was swift , terse as always :

The animation of the icons with the background is not performed satisfactorily.

It is unclear whether Jobs is referring to the movement of application icons when they are dragged to different positions of the screen or whether it refers to animation background disappears when you start shrinking applications .

In any case, many point out that on the iPhone 3G unlocked backgrounds work for some time without problem.

However one must give credit to Apple to have the opportunity to those who own an iPhone 3G , which we recall has only 128 MB of RAM, you can upgrade the IOS device 4 giving up some features, but preserving its overall performance.

Of course , those who want to have all the new features will be induced to switch to an iPhone 4, but no one will be forced to replace their 3G because the latest release of the operating system will certainly not slow and unusable , but even more complete and versatile . Even these attentions , not unimportant, distinguish an Apple product from the competition.
VIA [Gizmodo]