Okay, let me qualify that by first saying that I really do like Windows Mobile. It actually is like Windows on a mobile phone, letting you perform all sorts of complicated shenanigans like use it as a portable hotspot, run it as an FTP server, make VoIP calls over Skype and even download files using Bit Torrent. Enough to make any propeller-head purr.

But there's so much about the operating system that just plain stinks. Why do I need to tap on the tiny Start menu icon, then select Programs in that tiny menu before I can see all the programs? Why is everything so darn small, making it hard to poke items on-screen with my finger without the phone having an epileptic seizure? Why is everything just so bloody hard to do that it makes me want to hack the phone up into little pieces and send them back one by one to Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, or whoever else is responsible for such atrociousness?

I've been happy with Windows Mobile for years, but after using the iPhone exclusively for a month, it's become clear just how poorly-designed Microsoft's operating system is. It’s amazingly powerful, sure, and lets you do more on a mobile phone than any other system. But it’s not at all intuitive, and unless you’re willing to put a lot of time into learning how to get around its various quirks – something that most people simply don’t have the patience to do – then you just end up frustrated and annoyed that you didn’t opt for something simpler.

I’d like to see Microsoft stop polishing the stinking turd that is Windows Mobile, pull its massive finger out, and redesign the operating system from the ground up. I’d like to see Microsoft wave millions of dollars in Jonathon Ive’s face (the designer genius behind Apple’s most successful products, including the iPod) and get him to come up with something new and brilliant. More than anything, I’d like to see Microsoft take Steve Jobs and his merry minions down a peg or two.