Will the iOS and the iPad ever have true multitasking?

I have an iPad 3 and don't understand why it doesn't support true multitasking. I would like to be able to open an App and then have the option of closing that App or minimize it. I would like the ability to then quickly switch between those minimized rather then all those that I have opened recently.
At this point why does the iPad share an OS with the iPhone? The iPad 3 is simply an amazing device that is limited to being pretty good because of the OS limitations.

Example 1: Often when I am using Safari I will click on a video and will be switched to Youtube. Currently, when I am done I have to go back to the home screen and re open Safari and now Youtube is in my recently used Apps. What would be ideal is that when I am done watching the video, I close Youtube (which is closed and not part of my "open" apps) and I am taken back to Safari because I never chose to close it.
This has nothing to do with multitasking. An app being in the recently used apps bar or dock does not mean the app is actively running in the background. It means the app is recently used, and you can switch back to Safari from the recently used apps bar or dock in this situation without having to go back to the home screen where Safari is located.
Example 2: I use the directv app all the time to control my tv. The app shows me all the channels and what is currently on. Currently if I switch to another app and then switch back to the directv app it currently has to completely reopen because it does not have the ability to run in the background continue to get updates via my home network. True multitasking would allow it run and get updates if I chose to let it.
This is up to DirectTV to provide such tasks in the background when leaving the app just as Pandora has included the option for music to continue streaming in the background when leaving the app and GPS navigation apps have included the option to continue running in the background when leaving the app.
http://whenwillapple.com/blog/2010/04/19/iphone-os-4-multitasking-explained-agai n/
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