On most of the s60 2nd edition devices there is no Active stand by screen,instead the shortcuts are assigned to the D-pad.The standby screen on the newer devices was implemented,as a step of making s60 smartphones closer to windows mobile,I guess.But actually how many of us really like it or use it?True it does offers you more control over your shortcuts,and reminders, also Active Stanby makes it easy to connect through WLAN and search the internet with one click.But personally I don’t use it that much,maybe because I have other options and don’t have much calendar entrees or no Wireless access points available around me.Apart from that another reason for keeping me far away from reaching the stand by screen shortcuts is that they require more key strokes to reach them and select,this makes me questioning myself “are they really shortcuts?”.On my N95 8GB the large 2.8″ screen has enough space to bare 7 shortcuts but when you need to use a one in the middle of the row,I’m afraid whether how may of us prefer to do so.Sometimes the full path through the menu will have the same number of key strokes as in the case of the shortcut.Also another reason for me to hate the stand by screen is that it ruins the background wallpaper,especially the themes with great wallpapers don’t show their true beauty,with all the fonts and icons on top of it.
