[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Here is how to parse these kinds of articles and find the real truth. The article states:The Inquirer cites Bell as saying Intel's own testing shows that multi-core implementations can actually run slower than single core solutions.Notice that it states it "can" run slower. Not will run slower, or usually runs slower. This is not a strong statement, and can be taken with a grain of salt. For example I can confidently state that laptops "can" spontaneously explode, and Intel chips "can" arrive brand new and fail after 1 day.I also don't think they are talking about actually running separate tasks, but single multi-threaded tasks, so you are still getting the benefits of multi-core when doing more than one thing at a time, such as listening to streaming media while surfing the web.[/citation]
On a smart phone, what tasks are you firing off and then switching to another task and chugging right along??
Nothing. That's the point. Nearly everything you do on a smart phone is one task at a time. That's all the screen really allows for in its application. When you switch between applications, the previous App goes idle until you switch back to it.
Some Apps might have multiple threads.. IE the browser maybe.. Games, maybe. But typically, not much does.