Split-screen multitasking comes to the Apple iPad in iOS 8?

When a new jail break "tweak" called OS Experience is allowing for Apple iPad users have fun with split-screen multitasking, new rumours has Apple adding the feature to iOS 8. Currently, users of Apple's iOS flavored slate could only view one application at the time, using the entire real estate available on the screen. If the rumor pans out, those with an iPad will be able to split the screen to use multiple applications at the similar time.

This is not the latest feature by any stretch of the creative imagination, as some Samsung tablets, and the Microsoft Surface already offer this type of multitasking. The fact that the iPad lacks multitasking, was highlighted by Microsoft in some of its television commercials that compared Apple's tablet to the Surface. If you are wondering how this split-screen multitaking might work, check out the idea video, which is part of the video slideshow below.

According to the rumor, the split-screen feature could be available on full-sized, 9.7 inch iPads, and would work only in landscape orientation. Other new features expected for iOS 8 include the Healthbook application, which would give you a place to store all of the medical information and readings obtained by an Apple iWatch or other iOS devices. Also a possibility on the next iOS build, is a public transit feature for Apple Maps. But don't get too excited. There is talk that these new capabilities for iOS might have to be scrubbed until iOS 8.1.

source: 9to5Mac via TechCrunch