IPhone 4 Newbie has questions

Hi all. Brand new iPhone convert. Came from a Blackberry Storm. My question is this... currently, on my iPhone, when I access a contact or read an email or browse a web page and then get out of that contact/email/page, the next time I go back to that application, it takes me back to the last viewed contact/email/page. Is there a setting that I can change so that when I leave an application and then go back to it, I start at the list of contacts/inbox/browser home page instead of on the record I last viewed? If there is, I can't find it!
Thanks in advance. BTW - LOVE the new phone. Glad it finally came to Verizon!

jwolf312 wrote:
Just tried this. Works the first time, but as soon as you use the app again, it adds it right back to the multitasking bar again.
It is a recently used apps bar. Therefore, if you have recently used the app, then it will be there.
http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2010/04/19/iphone-os-4-multitasking-explained-agai n/

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