Taming PocketPC Applications - Magic Button

I've been using my XV6700 smartphone for just over a year now, and the one thing that always annoyed me about Windows PocketPC was the fact that applications didn't close when I tapped what I thought was the Close button (X in the upper right-hand corner). Apparently, it is more of a minimize button, and the application continues to run in the background, taking up CPU cycles and memory. I never bothered to find a better solution, even though I knew one probably existed, and had just resigned myself to going to the memory settings once in awhile, and stopping the running programs.

One night, I was up doing some late night web surfing in bed, and was reading the mobile version of PocketPC Magazine. It looks great on a PDA screen. Jim Karpen's web guide mentioned a task manager called Magic Button. I can't remember all the details, but I think I was able to download the .CAB file directly to my XV6700 and run the installation, and in a matter of minutes, I had full control over my applications. I could actually close apps, as well as easily switch between apps, if I wanted to keep several running. And to top it off, Magic Button was FREE!

There are probably other PocketPC task managers out there, and some would probably like to take your money. Do yourself a favor -- use Magic Button, save yourself some dough, and tame those PocketPC apps once and for all.