One of the primary things that attracted me to Smartphones was seeing my calendar and tasks on the homescreen. (And, of course, the extremely easy contacts management between my computer and phone.)
It seems like the homescreens are getting away from these features and making it more of a pleasure device than work-a-day. Maybe that's to be expected as the phones go "main-stream" instead of just enterprise primarily. In the photos at the above link, the homescreen has easy access to music, photos, messages etc. But, I don't see the calendar and tasks info on the screen...without clicking on something so they can be read. I hope it's not going by the wayside. I wonder if there will be some sort of check off box (like PPCs have) for what you want to see on your homescreen to make it easy to customize if you want a setup more for work or play?
I'm also not sold on the horizontal screen thing...yet. Comparing what I see on my i-mate SP5m vertical screen vs. my MDA horizontal screen...I'll take the vertical screen any day. More information is displayed so there is waaaaaaay less scrolling (from what I've compared).
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Devices: T-Mobile MDA (Cingular SIM), i-mate SP5m (sitting in a drawer at the moment while I attempt to migrate to PPC permanently), Cingular 3125 (unlocked and in use on T-Mobile), Motorola MPx220 (retired), Motorola MPx200 (retired)
Accessories: Plantronics Explorer 330 & 2G Patriot Micro-SD (use w/MDA), Kingston 2G mini-SD used in SP5m, Plantronics Discovery 640 & 2G San Disk micro-SD (use w/3125), Jabra A210 BT adapter + Motorola HS805 (retired)
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