Yeah, I think dragging it is exactly what you would do, and you would drag it across multiple pages just like you do now. I drag icons across multiple pages all the time.

I think you’re right on the multi-tasking. Apple could allow, but limit, what the background apps could do. Maybe checking Twitter every 15 minutes or something like that (in the case of your example). I think that makes the most sense. If not, some developers are going to create Apps that just drain the life right out of your battery.

Consider the obvious: I download an app to my iPhone. There it is, on page three, in all of it’s glory. Now how do I get it into my “Games” folder, which happens to be on Page 1.

Drag it? How do I drag across multiple pages? Copy and Paste? That could work, but it’s kind of clumsy.

Also, as an aside, I’m not convinced that there is an issue with multitasking applications–depending on what the application is doing. Pre-iPhone 2.0, I remember reading about a Twitter app that worked in the background. The problem was that the Twitter app had to remain connected to the Twitter server which meant the radios on the iPhone had to be kept running which gave you battery life measured in “Talk Time” (eg, about five hours).

So I could see Apple allowing background applications but not giving them access to the 3G or WiFi radios. So you could have a GPS application that runs in the background (everybody has given up on turn-by-turn directions?) but you won’t be able to stay logged in to Twitter from your background app.

Apple will need to introduce background processes eventually, but the Pre offering is not something that Apple needs to worry about yet.

I didn’t include MMS because I don’t think the iPhone will ever have MMS. To me MMS is kind of like when Apple moved to USB before anyone else. For a while Apple was out there with USB and most everyone else was still using the old style connections, but eventually everything moved to USB…Apple just did it far in advance of everyone else.

MMS is the same thing. The cell companies would rather use email than MMS – and it’s something they’re going to phase out over time. Eventually MMS will go away and be replaced by using email or IM connections through your data plan…at least, that’s what I think…and why I don’t think we’ll ever see MMS messages (at least not as they are done now) on your iPhone.

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I think Tethering will be an extra fee for the iPhone, because Tethering is an Extra fee for the Blackberry. That’s already out there from At&t. The Data plans for the iPhone aren’t anywhere near $15 a month either – so the closest thing to compare it to is the Blackberry (which has similar data pricing).