Apple iPad with Multitasking and Dashboard – Possible?

While we do not believe that Apple has any plans to incorporate multitasking in it's upcoming tablet computer, the Apple iPad, but Kevin Fox from MacRumors has an interesting theory to share.

Accroding to Kevin, several of the stock apps found in the iPhone are missing from the iPad (based on the demo by Steve Jobs and the visuals on Apple.com) and since both the devices run on the same OS, the only explanation for this could be that Apple is preparing to introduce all these apps as widgets in a dashboard, much like the same one found in Mac OS X. Perhaps! this is some of the surprise-pie that Apple wants to save for the iPad launch. A render of the iPad with a dashboard, made by Macpredictions, can be seen above.

On the other hand, as much as we believe that introducing multitasking in its mobile devices would be the last thing Apple plans to do, we also believe that iPad is more than just a mobile device, it's a whole new class.

And for Apple to make the iPad a successful and usable product, it would have to go beyond than just making it look like a big-sized iPod Touch and the only way that can be done is by introducing a new feature to the OS, such as multitasking. Let's wait to find out, the pre-orders for the iPad are expected to begin on 25th February.