Interface
Everything is outdated (ie, dropdown boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, tabs, etc). I've owned a Compaq iPaq 3760 Pocket PC back in 2001. I haven't owned another Windows Mobile device until the HTC Touch Dual in 2007. Yet, everything feels strangely familiar. WinMo 6.5 helps a bit but not enough.
Resistive screen
The screen is quite nice on my Touch Pro2, but it's just time to switch everything over to capacitive. Because of the nature of resistive screens, it feels mushy and it's prone to scratches. Plus, capacitive multi-touch screens allow for full-speed typing with 2 thumbs on the soft keyboard.
(Sure, the HD2 and the HD Mini have capacitive screens. But since the WinMo 6.x platform development is dead, I doubt we're going to see any more such devices.)
Web browsing
IE Mobile is horrible so I won't even go into details. Opera Mobile is pretty good but pales in comparison to what you can do on Android. The Android browser renders faster and more accurately. Opera Mini is fast but doesn't render accurately.
Performance
The performance just doesn't scale very well with upgraded hardware and I think a lot of it has to do with the OS holding it back. The iPaq 3760 had a 206mhz CPU with 64MB RAM. You would think the Touch Dual with a 400mhz CPU and 128MB RAM would be twice as fast. But it's not. Even my Touch Pro2 with 528mhz CPU and 288MB RAM isn't that much faster than the 10 year old iPaq.
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