A Couple of Clarifications
Just to make a couple of things clear.
Not-so-Smart Dialer
I'm not saying RIM shouldn't allow searching by name. I'm saying it should allow both searches by name or by number. I'm guessing most of you haven't used a non-BlackBerry phone in a long time, but I do and dialing by number is the universal way to interact with a phone dialer. More power to the user, RIM should allow the user to use the dialer in whatever fashion makes it more efficient. As hard as it may be for many of you to believe, Microsoft has done something right, even if it's the only thing done right on a Windows phone. I didn't have to use different dialers to dial by name or dial by number. I didn't have to change any setting on the dialer to toggle between dialing modes. I just typed names and it fetched contacts, I typed numbers and it fetched contacts too. Unless Microsoft has patented this functionality, I don't see an excuse why RIM can't improve their dialer.
Excessive Password Prompts
I understand BlackBerry has been built with security in mind, but RIM is targeting consumers now with the latest devices. There has to be a balance between having security and not getting on people's nerves. RIM's excessive password prompts and forced auto-locking can be as annoying (actually more) as Vista's UAC prompts dialogs. Just like Microsoft is doing something to not be as annoying, yet not giving users an excuse to turn UAC off in Windows 7. I think RIM should also re-think the way they are doing security on non-enterprise devices.