Will iOS ever get widgets?

[royfernandez]

Just in case it hasn't been said yet... Welcome to Brighthand, royfernandez!

I think Apple tends to keep an eye on Cydia. More than one feature has been brought over to iOS from there. One would think that with iOS watered down multitasking, a properly done widget wouldn't drain the battery so much. That is to say an app running as a widget would get similar resources to an app "paused" in background but still quietly receiving OTA updates and still able to send notifications.

Hey! Thanks r0k!
It's a pleasure to be here

I remember when Tiger was launched, Apple counted each widget as a feature

By the way, what do you think about the Share Widget on iOS 6?