Gizmodo posted an email exchange between one of their readers, and Steve Jobs regarding the use of backgrounds in the new iOS 4. Erica asked: “I just upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 and was really looking forward to setting a background on my home screen. Guess that’s not happening, but I’d like to know why. I don’t see how that would be memory intensive and/or battery draining. It doesn’t seem like that feature needs to be exclusive to the 3GS and 4G.” Steve responded: “The icon animation with backgrounds didn’t perform well enough.”
Source: Gizmodo
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