[antiRepublicrat]

Then you don’t know what you’re talking about. Music, GPS, navigation all continues to run in the background when other apps run, and you can receive - and exit - a call seamlessly.

Microsofts music, Microsoft's GPS, Microsoft's navigation, Microsoft's phone software -- and only Microsoft's -- gets to do this. The issue is what third-party software is allowed to do. You yourself said all third-party software gets paused. The iPhone allows certain necessary functions to continue.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Again, you show you don’t understand. Twitter - the Twitter-created program - multitasks in the background. Microsoft will check to make sure it’s stable and not a CPU hog, then allow that program to multitask.

Flat out - you’re wrong. Quit spreading FUD.