the hildon-desktop bug is still there. this is where it starts consuming CPU cycles when the phone is idle. easiest way to trigger it is to enter and exit from application categories using catorise. do this a few times and then run top and hildon-desktop starts eating up > 5% on average when it should be around 1-3% normally.

on the flipside, the phone seems snappier overall. not just because of transition to portrait but there is less tearing in the graphics and scrolling seems smoother.