I thought there wasn't really a concept of "running" apps anymore? Everything essentially hibernated. At least I remember Reks mentioning that open apps and performance weren't related..
Why would you want to downgrade to a useless fustrating user experience? Not seeing your osx desktop is much better than being forced to see a Linux desktop /reks
If anyone hears of reliable way to unlock without paying the price of the phone or other crazyness, I am interested. That will be my one barrier to dropping my other travel phone. Then again it might make sensr for me to just be permanently on an international plan these days...