It appears that there is a misunderstanding on how iOS handles multitasking. Thanks to Fraser Speirs we now have an extremely detailed report on how it works and what the multitasking bar actually does, or doesn’t do in this instance.

Advice handed out by some people is that you need to kill the apps in order to free up memory. While this can be correct in some circumstances, generally you need to do nothing to preserve the available RAM on your iOS device.

If memory is becoming scarce, iOS will automatically move Suspended apps into the Not Running state and reclaim their memory.

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A tweet made by pod2g today hints that an iPhone 4S and iPad 2 jailbreak could be released as early as next week.

“I made a step today for the A5. With some luck we could expect a release in a week.”

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The mockup image below shows what the Nokia Lumia 900 could look like. The device is expected to launch soon and be a follow on from the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone. The new details reveal that it will likely run the Windows Phone Mango operating system rather than Tango which was previously mentioned.

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Samsung has unveiled a new smartphone called the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus. The new device appears to be a mid-range device in terms of specs in that it has a 3.65 inch HVGA screen with a resolution of just 320 x 480 pixels. The screen uses TFT technology. It isn’t clear why Samsung have opted for a low resolution screen when compared to the high-end models, but it could (or will likely) mean that the device will cost a lot less when it launches.

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ChevronWP7 is a service that can unlock Windows Phone smartphones so that they can be used for development. Originally, Microsoft [MSFT] was opposed to the idea although they then backed the idea so that developers could test apps and install them on devices without going the official route. The service was originally granted 10,000 unlock tokens that could be sold on to users and all those tokens are now sold. For some reason, more tokens haven’t been requested yet.

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The HTC Flyer in the US is now getting the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update. The update has begin rolling out and now brings the more advanced version of Android to the tablet.

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It appears that Apple has accidentally released a test app in to the App Store. The test app is called GameStore and is a very simple app that appears to test the ability to use in-app purchases on the iPhone. The app costs 99 cents and allows users to test in-app purchases and other than that… it does nothing else.

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Intel recently unveiled a reference design of a smartphone that runs the Intel Medfield system-on-a-chip. The rendering of the device can be seen below. This year it looks like LG and Intel will unveil a demonstration device to give users a look at what the Intel Medfield is capable of. A similar thing happened last year with the Intel Moorestown although not much came of that.

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Youtube user 359gsm has run some tests to compare browser speeds on the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and the Nokia Lumia 800. The iPhone 4 is running iOS 4.3 while the 4S is running iOS 5. The results (unsurprisingly) reveal that the iPhone 4S is the winner. There are a few reasons for this of course.

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Just over half of all mobile devices browsing the web were created by Apple. Numbers are showing that at the end of 2011, Apple had a 52.1 percent share of mobile browser traffic.

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RedmondPie is reporting that some users are seeing issues with some apps running a little slow on the Galaxy Nexus. Of course, the Galaxy Nexus doesn’t lack the power as it’s a relatively new device running the latest operating system from Google, Ice Cream Sandwich or Android 4.0. Rather than being a hardware issue, it seems that some of the older apps just aren’t quite optimised for Ice Cream Sandwich. Luckily there’s a small work around which should help speed things up a little.

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Windows Phone users have another option for voice control today thanks to an app called Ask Ziggy. The new app was created by Shai Leib and can be seen in some ways as being similar to Apple Siri and the Android equivalent. The app lets users use voice to ask the phone questions such as directions, flight status, stock prices, weather as well as calculations and questions.

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