Noticeable is that at that time Win  if I remember right had voice command recognistion and multimedia features that was on paper impressive However just not good enough and easy to say that the HW was not enough I think the will was not enough and that Bill might were slightly alone at MS with this vision that obviously was realised when Android came Also Spotify success  of the income of the record industry in Sweden  are at a much later date Where the Pirate bay opposition against media industry conservatism that is the only real content of it is also many years ahead Was it possible for information at your fingertips to appear in the ies talking about the media industry aspect of the story I think Pirate bay was what was needed to make the media industry to reform enough making it all posisble And if we are not talking about that Android feature we will come to the same reflexion about most others as well   But I thinbk it is thrilling Bill Gates talked about Android