Keep in mind some apps do keep running in the multiple task mode, iPod foe example. Just to be sure they are not, take them off the tray when you are through.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@...> wrote:
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> > I have several questions regarding multitasking.
> >
> > Is the only way to close an app in the multitasking tray is to delete it? I thought I read to close an app was to hit the home button but it is still in the multitasking tray.
> > If you power down with the sleep wake button and the slider off, the apps remain in the multitasking bar.
> > If items remain in the multitasking bar even though the ipad is powered off, are the apps still using battery power?
> > Is it possible to disable multitasking?
>
> Most of these questions will be answered by changing how you think about the tray:
>
> It is NOT a "multitasking" tray.
> It IS a "recently used Apps" tray.
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> For most of us, many - if not most - of the Apps we will see in the tray do not multitask in the first place, so they are not using power even if they are still in the tray.
>
> I don't know of any way to completely shut down an App that *does* multitask besides deleting it from the recent Apps tray.
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