Recently, I have been searching for the right 3rd-party software to allow me quick access to closing all running programs. This is a problem curiously built in to the Windows Mobile 5 OS. Why would MS think that when you told your device to close a program that you really meant 'minimize' it instead? If they wanted to distinguish between the two actions, there should then be TWO icons in the upper right. A down-arrow for 'Minimize' (which is what you get from the X that is there now) and the current X for 'Close'. As in Stop. End. Shut it down.

But then, aren't 99% of the problems we all experience in Windows operating systems traceable back to some desk-jockey making an arbitrary decision rather than programming a way for the user to decide? It seems like they must have a room where that guy sits, and then another room where 10,000 tech support agents sit and figure out work-arounds for all the problems people call in with because of what that guy in the first room would not let them do for themselves.

I decided to try out Spb Pocket Plus. It has a function that actually CLOSES all running apps. And accessing it is as easy as adding an icon on the Pocket Plus Today Screen. Tap the icon, and any running application gets shut down. Using it after every program I run allows my Axim battery to last more than all day. Since I charge it every night, I never have to worry about the battery running low.