I have an Android tablet, you can switch between apps and I think the OS does a more or less good job of preserving and restoring application state. Not true multitasking sure, but it gets close in terms of switching between apps. As far as background downloads go, I think Android OS supports background tasks. I'm not advocating, I guess I really have to see for myself if the limited multitasking or the lack thereof will impact my usage of the phone.