苹果iPhone年底将推新功能

　　Apple has given a preview of some of the 100 features that will be included in a new iPhone operating system to be launched later this year. Apple founder Steve Jobs showcased seven of the features, including multi-tasking which will let users run more than one programme at a time.

　　苹果将在今年晚些时候推出新的iPhone操作系统，日前已展示了新操作系统的近百项部分功能。苹果创始人史蒂夫?乔布斯展示了其中7项，包括多重任务功能，用户可同时运行多项程序。

　　A mobile advertising platform is to be launched to allow the device to run ads on applications made by third parties. iAd marks Apple's first foray into a potentially lucrative new market, and pits it directly against Google's search engine advertising model. Apple will allow external developers to pocket 60% of ad revenue from iAd. The Apple boss said the iPhone OS 4.0 update will be released first for the iPhone and iPod touch, and then the iPad, later this year. Mr Jobs gave a demonstration of the multi-tasking feature showed the online radio station Pandora running in the background playing music while a user could either read news online or deal with email. 'We weren't the first to this party but we're going to be the best,' he said.

　　新功能还包括一个移动广告平台，允许iPhone的应用程序运行第三方制作的广告。iAd标志着苹果首次进入这一潜在的厚利新市场，将正面冲击谷歌的搜索引擎广告模式。苹果将让外部开发者拿走iAd 60%的广告收入。乔布斯表示，iPhone OS 4.0操作系统将于今年晚些时候发布，首先让iPhone和iPod touch升级，其次是iPad。乔布斯展示了多任务功能，用户一边在线收听潘多拉电台的音乐，一边在网上看新闻或者处理电子邮件。“我们不是第一个进入者，但我们将是最优秀的，”他说。