What is the point of the multitasking bar?

So, I get that for Pandora, Skype, etc. that multitasking is great. I just opened up my multitasking bar though, and found the following "open" items: Messages, Mail, Calendar, Camera, Settings, Map, Weather, Calculator, YouTube, Compass, IMDb, Facebook, Twitter, Shazam, and four games.
Why in the world would I care about saving my session for any of these? Especially when they all go back to the same screen as I was at last time anyway. Now I have to go through and "close" all of them?
I feel like I'm missing something. Can anyone shed some light for me?

The purpose of the multitasking bar is to keep your apps running in the background with seven key features. Amongst those features are:
* Fast App Switching - Pauses games and apps until you swap back or press the icon in your home screen to resume it.
* Background Running and Location Services - GPS, music and social apps still run and announce directions for you while you are navigating other screens. But utilize FAS to lower power costs.
* File Transfers and Task Completions - You're uploading a 50KB photo to your Facebook page and want to go elsewhere while it's going on. It'll freeze the app in the meantime but continue the file transfer until it's done then lock it down.
You don't have to re-open multitasker to reactivate the app. You can open the file from the home screen and it pops back up.
The ideal for the multitasker also if you wish to increase battery life and performance is you can close them at will including reactivate the apps there. However if you close them, you have to start from the beginning of the application. Making it take longer to resume your sessions.

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