[Big Calhoun]

Interesting reading.

When I was on the Motorola Droid, I was using a task killer. After a day or so, there was noticeable sluggishness when going from screen to screen or browsing through my apps. I ended up using a task killer and was able to manage performance day to day, but it was such a chore.

I've probably only rebooted my Incredible about 3 times since launch, and that was more out of my own abundance of caution than it was performance related. If anything, I have more widgets loaded than I did with my Droid and use most of the same apps I did. Outside of one reboot because of a quirk (which I think was related to the app itself), I haven't had any performance issues on this device at all.

Given the experiences I had with the Moto Droid, I am of the school of thought that if you understand how to setup a task killer properly, it can't hurt. At the same time, I'm glad to be rid of them.