I've read that the new Windows Phone 7 has only limited
multitasking - or is there none at all?

"We have chosen to only enable a certain number of applications to run in the background…” He’s then asked about multitasking “music, third party music services” and responds “no, Zune music service” and confirms it’s first party (meaning MS) only.
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[ http://mobilitydigest.com/wp7-multit...s-who-you-ask/ ]

"So wurde auf der Konferenz allen anwesenden Entwicklern unmissverständlich gesagt, dass sie davon ausgehen sollen, dass ihre Anwendung geschlossen wird, sobald der Nutzer zu einer anderen App wechselt. "
[ http://winfuture.de/news,54248.html ]

"One of the major issues near and dear to my heart is multitasking, and Microsoft appears to be taking cues from Apple because third-party programs won’t be able to fully run in the background."
[ http://www.intomobile.com/2010/03/18...-multitasking/ ]

"With the announcement that Copy & Paste would be landing on Windows Phone 7 handsets some time in the first half of 2011, with no precise date to focus on
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This new rumor suggests that the update in January will indeed include Copy & Paste, but it will also bring Turn-by-Turn navigation in Bing Maps to Windows Phone 7 devices, as well as multitasking."
[ http://www.slashgear.com/windows-pho...ests-13107791/ ]

N900 way ahead of it's time again?