I use quick menu to display my battery in % (and it also displays how much free memory you have in the same little icon space) plus i like its start menu better than the standard wm 6 menu, and the added ability to hold down on a windows x to fully close it rather than minimize it. other programs accomplish these things as well, I've just grown fond of quick menu:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-...menu-v2-7.html