Phone operating system with split screen

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• receiving information for display in the second window, and
• displaying the received information In the second window,
• whereby applications are launched and displayed in the first window and the received information is displayed in the second window.

The method of and preceding claim, further comprising:

• detecting a trigger event
• dosing, by the surface manager, the second window upon detection of the trigger event.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• providing, from the surface manager to the window manager, an indication to ignore a touch to the second window.

The method of any preceding claim, further comprising:

• providing, from the surface manager to the dedicated content manager, an indication of a touch to the second window.

The method of any preceding claim, wherein

• the mobile device having computer program layers that include an application layer, a hardware driver layer and at least one operating system, OS, layer therebetween;
• wherein the surface manager is in the OS layer, and the window manager and the dedicated content manager are in a higher OS layer, and
• wherein the surface manager in the OS layer, reserves a portion of the available screen for dedicated use and presents to higher layers a remainder portion of the screen as the entire screen available to higher layers.