The promise of the first version of WinCE were so great as it was a complete 32 bit operating system written from scratch without any legacy issues, but the slo

The promise of the first version of WinCE were so great as it was a complete 32 bit operating system written from scratch without any legacy issues, but the slowness of the machines, even as they could run on a pair of AA batteries, lack of software library and wireless infrared communications never really taking off for internet usage hampered the machines. Also, the 5 different CPU architectures became an issue for the touch screen devices before ARM processors became the norm. My favorite non ARM device was the wonderfully customizable Be-300 which had a few dedicated websites to hacking it. As a reminder all of these devices wince mainline operating systems came with handwriting recognition built in from the same people who built the software recognition for the Apple Newton.