i'm not trying to defend a task killer so much as the act of terminating applications. i used to "force stop" apps from the applications menu before i got the k

i'm not trying to defend a task killer so much as the act of terminating applications. i used to "force stop" apps from the applications menu before i got the killer. that said, low memory situations exist. task killing reduces their load on the system. your links are informative, but i'm not going to let my phone crawl next time it starts to because i shouldn't have to kill apps in a perfect scenario. i used to reboot my phone to reclaim performance, now i use a task killer. from your first link: "can be killed by the system in extreme low memory situations." "and it will often be killed by the system when memory is needed elsewhere." so task killers just accelerate the system's own ability to close applications that aren't being used anymore. also, only two apps that i have offer the ability to close themselves. if i know i am done with the app for the next few hours, my task killer gives me the ability to close the app.