Nice article, but I don't entirely buy it. First, just because the iPad has plenty of processing power and battery capacity and Apple may add more multitasking in a future OS release, this doesn't make a straw man out of Apple's argument that third party multitasking is a hamper to stability and a drain on the battery. An app that repeatedly crashes and restarts is obviously unstable and will certainly drain the battery faster, for example. Also, the OS was initially designed for iPhones, which do have some battery issues, and while the iPad does have a honking big battery, you still want it to last as long as possible(especially since it is going to be compared to the Kindle and Nook).
The only app that crashes consistently on my iPod Touch is Safari. One other app crashed twice, iTunes crashed, but that's nothing compared to Safari. If Apple can't get its own apps to run, no wonder they're paranoid about third party developers.
When iPad gets beyond 1.0 it might be more compelling, but I have enough tech toys and low-tech methods that work better for me.
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