This is FUD. The multitasking to be introduced in the next iteration of the ipad OS will almost certainly allow for the presence of tabs. I agree that right now

This is FUD. The multitasking to be introduced in the next iteration of the ipad OS will almost certainly allow for the presence of tabs. I agree that right now it's somewhat annoying to have tabs lose state once and a while when I'm browsing, but since I only use my ipad at home where I have a persistent and fast wifi connection it's not an issue to wait a second for the page to reload. The author gushes about how awesome it is to browse the web on the ipad and then pigeonholes it because he couldn't recall a tab while he was away from an Internet connection, a closet case if there ever was one. It seems self defeating to focus on such a minor annoyance. This thing is an amazing piece of hardware, and no it's not perfect.