To be honest - I do not like the Iphone style. I really hope they:
- of course: increase the usability (it really s***s)
- but also: make the style highly exchangeable - (ALL) the icons, background and so on
- DO NOT copy the rubbish SMS apple bubbles from i-Chat (as on the i-Phone)
- make even Opera highly theme-able
- make an easy save and export theme feature (glory to the forum)
- make use of the GPU - it's expensive, so use it
Finally - as I already - pointed out elsewhere: make the UI open source!
P.S.: Why not return to the grass background (I hate the world map). I prefer the vistaish style from earlier mock ups. I hope one can also freely move the icon position (even if you have to hard code it with a file).
Only some thoughts...