> The other problem was that the CE UI was not adapted for mobile I had the AT&T flip-phone pictured in the article and it is my favorite phone ever. The CE sh

> The other problem was that the CE UI was not adapted for mobile I had the AT&T flip-phone pictured in the article and it is my favorite phone ever. The CE shell and bundled apps for non-touch devices were extremely well adapted to the constraints. The one thing I remember well is that I could open it up, punch in 666, and besides showing dialing that as a number it would bring up a list of matching contacts to select from. 666 == MOM. I've never held another smartphone which did that. Microsoft lost because their successful platform was a fantastic phone with so-so data features and the iPhone flipped the game around.