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EDIT: I've just noticed the add-on widgets, so something of what I've written below is NOT TRUE
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v2.0 beta seems to be way much more faster than 1.8.5. Animations are smooth even on my Touch HD.
Lockscreen doesn't automatically lock my device on standby, after manual pressing lock button both default and CHT lockscreens appear, so I have to unlock my device twice. HW buttons are not locked. BTW I'm using WM6.1.
The new SMS widget is awesome, but when I press menu button, there is no way how to hide it (eg when I accidentally press it). The e-mail widget is too big for me.
I had some hard times trying to get the 6th quicklinks row working, but it started working after restarting Sense.
Switching between pages (from left to right) sometimes results in switching between Sense tabs.
Sometimes the quicklinks appear in wrong position (rare, but it happened once to me).
I was hoping that it will be possible to have the original large digital clock + small analog clock on one screen, but it seems to be impossible (the combo clock is not solution for me, because the analog is too small).
I like the way how free links work in lockscreen! Too bad I won't use it because of the bugs described above
So, it has very buggy lockscreen (maybe another WM6.1 alternative is needed? The one in 1.8.5 was working 100% for me), but else it's - as I expected - very awesome. The new features are really very good - more pages (not only) on lockscreen (finally enough space for appointments and big music player), ability to launch programs right from lockscreen, even more quicklinks, SMS/e-mail preview, new appointment link, many indicators, Sense tabs link etc etc. Looks like the only tabs I'll ever use since now are Home and Weather. Maybe some extended weather widget will reduce it?
I like it alot and can't wait for the lockscreen to be fixed. Thank you, Co0kieMonster & CHT Team