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Ed,
For the most part, I agree with, and love to read, your rants on the failings/flaws of whatever has made you angry. However, this time, I think you've brought this on yourself. In some cases, as the saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it, too. Your biggest problem seems to come from the need to always have email running with notification. As mentioned, there are several ways to disable this or schedule it for certain times of the day. Even if you had a separate email device, having it on all the time would still create all the pop-ups/notifications. The only difference would be the pop-ups wouldn't be on your phone. You could also choose an ebook device for reading, which would eliminate the pop-ups while reading. I've done this -- AT&T 8525 and an iRex Iliad. The Iliad was a necessity after I went converged and didn't enjoy reading with Mobipocket on a QVGA screen (I had an iPAQ 4700 before). These issues very little, if anything, to do with WM. They are the result of the device choices we make and the compromises which come with them.
For me, a converged device with a 5 inch 800x480 screen would be ideal, but many would complain about the size and weight (again a choice, not a WM issue) and all would probably complain about the battery life, since driving the screen would take a lot of power. Don't forget the horsepower necessary to drive acceptable graphics on the larger screen.
These are technology constraints, mostly independent of WM. Don't get me wrong, WM has a lot of flaws, but I think you're issues are related to device technology.
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