If you're not multitasking you might as well have an iphone

I like to check it occasionally to see what I've got running in the background, & then use it to close Apps. But I don't use it specifically for just switching between Apps.

Using the app switcher and going to the home screen with the end-call button do the same thing. Apps don't exit when you do that. This poll is missing an option - "I sometimes use the app switcher and sometimes go to the home screen, but I'm ALWAYS multitasking!"

IndePanda, I do the same thing, to see what's running and kill them!

It comes in handy on so many occasions! If my browser's still loading, but my podcasts have refreshed, I can simply use the App Switcher to get there without ending my browsing session!

I use the app switcher 95% of the time I'd say. Sucks though when background apps clog it up for no good reason (like BeAlert or almost anything from Toysoft Development Inc.)

App switcher it gives a good functionality to the Phone, but i dont use it tat often i might use it for closing apps cause sometimes they are not closing when you hit the back button (exp:Google maps), and sometimes i use it when im on twitter and i dont wanna close it cause i get a BBM so i switch to BBM and then back to Twitter, is good to have such a functionality on the phone, but i might think this pool is missing one more question "Im using AppS. but not so often depends of the situation"

I close the apps that I'm not using, but I do use the app switched for apps that I have open.

App switching 100%. I like how it's optimized for one-hand use (hold Menu to activate, click Menu again to switch to the last used app). I wish app shortcuts would work though, like pressing M to switch to Messages

Yes to switch apps, and also as a tool to see what is open and using resources.

I generally use the app switcher, except for going to my mail folder, in which case I use my convenience keys. Then, when I am done it the mail folder, I hit the back button and am returned to whatever app I was using before I hit the convenience key.

I'm afraid I'm going to wear out my task switching button!

Another way I use the app switcher is as a quick launcher for the apps that are always open. I keep my home screen tray completly closed. No dock showing. If a new message comes in, call up the app switcher and open BBM or messages.

Always use it.

I really use it when power-tasking, actively swapping back and forth quickly from app to app, copying/pasting/researching, etc. It's also easier on the battery to leave BBM group chats open, so I tend to hit them from App Switcher if there is an active conversation going on.

During most casual use, I am usually an obsessive return-to-homescreen guy, usually by hitting the Call End button to leave whatever app I'm in running, but jump back to the home screen, or, if I'm really done with an app that can be closed, I exit it completely.

Sooooo...both. :D

Very handy tool

I'm using it more and more. It does come in very handy instead of backing out of everything.

I always use switch application

I'm ashamed to admit how long it took me to start using this feature, but once I figured it out...WOW...it's awesome! I use it all the time now. That's a one of the things I love about tech...continuing to figure out how to improve my efficiency and productivity.

Now that I have the new torch and not the original bold, I can multitask easier without having to close out applications!

I'm a Quick Launch junkie myself!

Umm, just found out about it and I'm not a new blackberry owner. I hang my head in shame...

I use this app switch everyday. Simply can't survive without it.

I love this function on the platform. My 9930 takes it to the next level with the speed and ease of transition. I was productive before but now I have other people asking me why I keep touching the screen on my bold. Partly due to app switcher. The only way I think it could get better is if they allow side swiping to move between apps. Hopefully this comes with QNX, hopefully...

Love how fast it is to switch between two apps as it always highlights the app I was in last :D

This wasn't a feature that I used because I really didn't know anything about it. What have I been missing?!!

I use it everyday, it's a must have for a smartphone.

Yup, use it every day!

I don't use it near as much as I did before switching to .353 :) Hell I was using it every time I picked up my phone and pressed the back button. Now things are as they should be and I only use it to switch apps. Would be lost without it.

I didn't know this feature was available. I'm going to give this a try to see if I like it or not.

damn, I learn something everyday,,, will have to try this :)

Just found out from Rogers BlackBerry tech support that there is bug in os7 that turns the "return" button" into an App Switcher. Only why to correct is to pull the battery however it will most likely happen again.

Sometimes I like to enable dial from home scren/universal search. That's when I make the most use of the app switcher, primarily to get to the browser and my im applications; in dhs/us mode my home screen shortcuts don't work.