Yes, time zones do affect all of us, just perhaps in ways that you haven't yet contemplated. The time zone issue has been discussed at great length on this board. Where it is most helpful is if you have people working on a common project across multiple time zones, some of whom may be traveling and may not even know where they are going to be next Thursday, but a conference call has to get scheduled with the entire team -- regardless of where they are. What is the best way to do that? To schedule it according to GMT so everyone can calculate the time according to the time zone that they are in.

I frankly find ringer volume a non-issue on the 8830, but that is me -- I don't work in a noisy environment, and scheduling appointments is a breeze -- especially when I'm scheduling with colleagues across the country.

Regardless, good luck with those suggestions. If RIM should elect to implement some of them, I do hope that they will make them optional because not everyone shares the certainty of your opinion.