As in the desktop versions of Windows, in Pocket PC you launch applications from the Start menu. Tapping the Start menu at any time will open the list. Note that when an application is launched, the Start menu is replaced by the name of the program that you are currently running, but tapping on the program name will always cause the Start menu to appear. All PDAs except for the H1910 come loaded with Pocket PC Premium. The H1910 has Pocket PC Professional, which doesn’t come with some of the embedded software such as Terminal Server. Software that isn’t included on the H1910 will be pointed out in the various sections.
The top bar of the menu the icons shows up to six of the last applications that you ran. Tapping any of these icons will relaunch that program. Note that this only works for programs, not for shortcuts or documents. Below that bar are the most commonly used programs that you can launch. This list can be customized (discussed in the “Customizing the Start and New Menus” section later), but initially provides links to the Today page, ActiveSync, Pocket Outlook applications, Pocket Internet Explorer, and the Pocket PC Media Player.
The Start menu is the primary launching point for applications on the Pocket PC. The next section of the Start menu contains two shortcuts: Programs and Settings. Programs will take you to the folder where shortcuts to all programs loaded on the Pocket PC should be stored. This folder contains the full set of applications installed on your PDA, not just those featured in the short list above it.
The final section contains a Find tool to search for any data contained in your PDA. It also has the Help utility. The Help utility is context sensitive. If you are in PocketWord and you tap the Start menu, and then tap Help, you will receive Help for the section ofWord that you are in. This aspect of Help makes it particularly handy while you’re getting to know the Pocket PC applications.

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