1) The fact that cant be done is why i like the iphone. My wife has had droid phones for years, and every goddamn one of them lights up some obnoxiously bright light if a text or e mail comes in. My bedroom looks like a baseball stadium if she forgets to turn the phone face down before going to sleep. Enjoy your phone and use audio if you want to know, or press the home button to check it periodically.
2) Again, without this you would hang up on people when you pick up the phone when its ringing since the incoming call activates the screen, etc etc. It takes less than half a second to unlock it, whats the problem... i even have a passcode on mine and it doesnt bother me in the least, i know i wont accidentally do anything to my phone in my pocket or anywhere else, AND if for some unforseen reason my phone is lost, i dont have to worry too much about anything on it being accessed.
3) Home page? This isnt a computer. Plus, the system stores where you were last, just like if you were to never close your browser on your computer, whenever you bring it up, theres where you were before.
You have the best phone on the market right now (imo anyway), if YOU dont like it, then you shouldnt have bought it, or done more research on it prior to doing so. Ido think if you use it for a little while though, it will become normal, and youll love the phone.
