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by da_dude4242 5351 days ago
"3. Notification bar. I can always look at the top bar of my droid and know what, if anything, needs my attention. Or at the very least, why my phone made a noise in the last few minutes."

I find Android widgets valuable for a similar reason. I have widgets for task list and upcoming calendar events with the "Quick Event" app to quickly enter new ones. I never have to go out of my way for this information and it's there unobtrusively reminding me.