TomaTito said:
The multi-tasking used in iOS (and WP) isn't the same as PC. For most applications, when they are closed it goes into sleep state which is resumed when re-clicked. This is done in order to save battery life. Some applications do have special APIs that let them run in the background even when closed, in Apple's case only their applications had this option, but it was added in 3.0 for third parties. The double tap Home shows your recently opened apps. |
I don't think anyone was under the impression that iOS multitasks the same way as OSx or Windows. The point was that it does multitask within the memory constraints of a tablet. These same memory restrictions exist for any Android tablet, even though it manages tasks differently. The downside of the Android approach is that without manual control of a task manager, power management takes an unnecessary hit for all apps that don't need to run in the background, which is the majority of all tablet apps.
According to the several articles I read, there is no need to close any apps in iOS 5.1, contrary to what the typical Apple Genius is telling customers. I'll put that to test by not closing anything over the next week, even if it means having dozens of "recently run apps" in the pull up menu.
The memory stat utility in Desktop contradicts the claims though, meaning manually closing apps in the "recently run apps" menu does in fact free up memory.
