[jk8]

Disclaimer: I am saying this without holding the actual device and without seeing a video.

Everyone, seems to think that we will be able to see updates on the home screen itself, which I don't think will work.

For example email: What will I see on the homescreen? who sent the email, when it was sent? will I see a brief message on the screen? How much information will I see in a tiny box/slice/tile. I don't think I will be able to see a lot of it.

Twitter: I think, I will be able to see the last tweet. A little helpful.

Facebook updates: I think it would work same as twitter.

The user has to launch an app to get the complete information. I think its bad if MS tries to make the phone into a taskbar notification system.