[dma1965]

Here is a partial list of annoyances which have been part of the Pocket PC experience since at least 2000:

1. The afformentioned midnight Birthday/All Day Event Bug

2. The afformentioned inability to snooze something in a custom manner.

3. The inability to set a custom reminder sound for a task or appointment (one global sound is your choice).

4. The inability to view tasks and appointments in one interface (I find this utterly ridiculous).

5. The ridiculous limitations of the file open and file save dialog (no ability to access file system globally)

6. The afformentioned utter stupidity of the clock dialog opening when I touch the clock.

7. The annoying proplem of the device waking up on a touchscreen device when a reminder goes off. This would not be so annoying if I could turn this off and/or at least have the device disable or lock the touchscreen when this happens so a device in my pocket does not stay on forever and end up with God knows what applications open when I pull it out of my pocket. Dear God! They fixed this issue so it would not wake up when a push email comes in over Exchange, so I know it can be done. Why did they stop there???

There are third party applications available to resolve some of these issues, but I must then live with the constant reminder that some of my precious and still limited memory is taken up by the less-than-stellar Windows application that the more suitable application replaces. Why,oh,why can't I have the option of uninstalling the craptacular Windows application if I find something else that suits me better? I usually run a custom ROM on my Tilt, and some do not include office as part of the ROM, but include it as a cab, which installs and runs just fine. If I should choose to switch to the Softmaker suite of office applications instead, I can uninstall MS Office and reclaim about 6 megs of RAM. My preferred music player is Pocket Player, and my preffered video player is TCPMP. Why can't I uninstall Windows Media Player?

It just seems to me that the development team has deluded themselves into thinking that because we have dealt with the limitations for so long that we simply are no longer annoyed by the limitations, or that they somehow know whats best for us, or that they simply do not care to be bothered to address these issues. This usually comes about as a result of a miguided QA effort.

Microsoft still hangs onto the "arrogant uber developer" mentality despite constant reminders from its users, and the rest of the world, that it no longer sets the tone for the world of computing. It is like a mob boss who wakes up one day to realize that his family no longer controls the city, and eventually must get whacked because he refuses to play nicely with the other "Dons".