My Wife Said No

Apple has just sent out invites to a “preview event” on April 8th for the new iPhone OS  4.0 (which also powers the newly released, iPad). What exactly they are going to preview remains to be seen but speculation across the interwebs ranges from multi-tasking (natch) via an Expose like interface all the way to new multi-touch gesture support.

Whatever they reveal, the timing of the event is a bit curious. Just days after the April 3rd release of the iPad, they are previewing an OS update? Is Apple trying to quiet some of the complaints against the iPad (no multitasking)? Or was this planned for some time now and this preview is just going to showcase new features that will be on the rumored iPhone HD in June? My theory is they wanted to release this update with the iPad but his royal Steveness didn’t deem it worthy for primetime. Of course, that’s coming from a fanboy who doesn’t have an iPad so it’s hard to say if the lack of multi-tasking is that much of a deal breaker (maybe someone could send me a “demo” unit?