Reboot device, programs already running?

[Steve_OS]

What is the best way to reboot the device? I have done a shutdown and a battery pull, but when it comes back up, I still see quite a few apps running from a fresh state. Is this normal?

Thanks.

 

[stearic]

Do you have any programs setup to sync? If the answer is yes you'll have a few programs running already as they are syncing data to the phone. some programs may use aspects of other programs in the process of syncing, like the calendar for example. That may show up as running when you first boot if your syncing with gmail for example.