@brandoniles Isn't the iPhone the only smartphone that doesn't allow this currently? Wondering if the upcoming tablets/slates will put pressure on Apple as well to let background processes run.
You can run background processes on both Blackberry and Android. Apple's taken a hard line so far, except for apps they've written themselves. For example, you can run the iPod app in the background and surf the web.
As for the rumored slate... who knows at this point.