So did a hard reset and tried the cab again and same thing happened. Oh well I can live with the start text.
I did try it with a touch diamond that I have lying around, and the start orb/icon moved and stayed to the right a little bit. It also made the phone pretty sluggish, I could not press start at all. Good thing I had SPB mobile shell, I was able to go to the remove programs and removed the cab and everything is find now.
So its a no go for me.