In Windows Mobile 2003 smartphones, one could only view the options in the list view (without any icons). And in WM 5 smartphones there is only the icon (Grid) view. To switch between these views in Windows Mobile 5 smartphones, there is a free software called ToggleView.

You an even do this manually by changing the GridView DWORD value in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\StartMenu as follows:

GridView DWORD Value = 1, for GridView
GridView DWORD Value = 0, for ListView

From greatbal.blog