It has no moving parts, and loading these program files is very quick. Most Pocket PCs have a 16 MB ROM chip, which must contain the OS and all the built-in applications. With this limitation, Windows CE must be much smaller than other Microsoft operating systems and applications. That is because the Pocket PC is never really turned off. This closes down all open applications and re-starts the Pocket PC from the Today screen.
Open applications are closed and unsaved documents are lost.
Deleted items include synchronized data, documents and applications you have installed. A hard reset is similar to re-formatting a hard drive on a desktop computer. All of the programs and data files you added to the Pocket PC will be lost after a hard reset. Flexible hardware designs and the use of ROM chips make a Pocket PC much different than a desktop computer. The enabler of this hardware is the Windows CE operating system, which despite rumors to the contrary, is very much alive.