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Ed Hansberry from Pocket PC Thoughts posted an article today based on a post from MoDaCo.  They were reporting that HTC is giving users what they want on their devices, a close button that actually closes applications. 

Of course, for many of us, this is a BIG item and yet, for a long time, what we have asked for we just never got from Microsoft.  There are a variety of reasons and justifications but folks wanted it … so finally, we will get it … on an HTC device.  Maybe, just maybe, we will start to see this task manager option on ALL Windows Mobile devices.

Although some sites posted the news from MoDoCo, no one wrote a compelling article to read except for Ed.  He took the time to put together some well thought out comments that are well worth the read.  In part, Ed said:

… Users can choose to enable the close feature and have it closed either by a tap or a tap-and-hold. Microsoft has maintained for years that users simply don’t need to close applications. They really don’t want to, they just want the application to go away, and so MS has refused to enable the close feature short going through the 7 tap process via the Memory control panel icon and close it there.

This is a terrific piece that you can read here at Pocket PC Thoughts.  Nice job Ed!

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