Hard to imagine multitasking not being there in the first place. For all the deserved flak Surface RT gets, it was way ahead long ago in many respects. Shame Microsoft botched some of it and that crap app store.
Apple can make the iPad thinner and do incremental upgrades but think software needs more looking at now for the special sauce. Not much separating the hardware nowadays.
Yeah I agree, I think Apple's holdup with split screen is getting the UI/tools for 3rd party devs right. Split screen has to be done right so it's easy to do and it's easy to code the apps to do the right thing when you engage in that mode. I agree that the incremental hardware upgrades are not cutting it anymore, while it's nice to see a SOC/Ram bump, the software needs to become more powerful. For me the biggest limitations have been the app/tab refreshes (partly due to ram) and the lack of split screen multitasking. I need to have the ability to load up lots of tabs without worrying about reloading and I also need to be able to have apps running side by side. If they can pull that off then I may just start using an iPad over my Mac for most things. Until then, iPads are just too limited for me.