The new operating system for Apple's iPhone will allow multi-tasking, letting users run more than one program at a time, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs says.

Helios is an operating system designed to simplify the task of writing, deploying, and tuning applications for heterogeneous platforms. Helios introduces satellite kernels, which export a single, ...

Since Apple launched its iPhone 4 and multi-tasking OS 4 operating system, app makers have been scrambling to update their software to take advantage of the new capabilities. (Read: "Apple iPhone ...