I understand the direction things are going for the Maemo 5 device. But I hope that the 'being online' tagline does not manifest itself into every nook and cranny of the services that the Maemo 5 device provides.

The offline experience is a big usage case for me at least. It will also weigh in heavily for any purchase I make in the tablet arena in the future. Not everyone is lucky enough to have ultra-cheap data rates via 3G. In Canada, the duopoly that is our telecom market (Bell Canada and Rogers) make data plans very expensive.

OK back on topic now - Aren't we talking about a customized iGoogle or something like that? I would add calendar appointments, to do lists, new mail notifications, and forum posts that meet certain criteria (e.g. keywords, author, threads I started) into the mix as well. If you are thinking out of the box, then I would want to know everything that could possibly affect me to be displayed in one location. Currently, I have to look at my RSS reader, gPodder, mnotify, calendar, to do, the forums, etc to get a snapshot of the things that interest me or that I have to act upon. There must be some way to efficiently present all this information to a user?!