We're only a few days away from iOS 4.

My current iPhone is the 3GS model, so I'm expecting the next update I get to be a full one: backgrounds, folders, Apple-style multi-tasking, etc.

On the other hand, my missus has my old 3G iphone, so she won't get the multi-tasking part.

The nine-year-old and three-year-old have a second-generation iPod between them, so they're out of luck on a full update too.

Oh well...at least they'll be able to organise their apps a bit better and have a pretty springboard if nothing else.

Still, what we will get will be a vast improvement on what we've had the past year.  I also have to agree I do like the fact Apple wait till they've got things right before they bring in features other phones have had for a longer time.  I'm still impressed with iPhone OS 3's cut-and-past method, which beats the crap out of implementations I've seen on any Nokia phone.  I tend to like it a tad better than Android's method, too.

For most of us, the practical part of iOS 4 will be in having folders.  We've worked with a nine-screen limit for our apps on our iPhones prior to this.  We may have had specific screens for specific types of apps.  Now we can have a Social Media folder and all associated apps in it, one for Photography and so on.  And our app limit is now somewhere around 2,000 total apps...or until we run out of iPhone disk space.

Yep, the folders are probably more valuable to us than whether the system mult-tasks a bit better.

I also have to say I was seriously getting tired of looking at a plain-black home screen.

Once iOS 4 is out, I'll be able to see the difference between the 3GS and the 3G on the multi-tasking issue and be able to comment better on that topic.

At least now, though, I can start to think of having more apps to play with instead of having to do pruning whenever I'm nearing the nine-screen limit.

So what things are the rest of you looking forward to in the new iPhone OS?