Yeah, the portion of the player that installs shortcuts on the PB is currently not used, but it is included. There's all kinds of scripts that get installed with the Android player and some of them are responsible for mapping icons in the PB ui to android applications. This looks like it's meant to be used once RIM starts distributing Android apps through app world, and the bar files will probably be packaged differently and that will kick off those scripts.
I'd say wait for RIM's move on the UI integration, otherwise all we're doing is putting lipstick on this pig. :D The version we've got now is nice to tide us over until we have the final version, but it's not done baking yet...
BTW, Calgary is a beautiful piece of the world! Was there for a week long vacation about a year ago. Wanted to setup a shack near Lake Louise and spend a few years off the grid. :)