Overall, I'm loving my GN! But a couple things I'd like to see are:
1. Yes, please give us the option to remove the search widget and reclaim that space. I'd rather have that space available for use. It also means if we go into something that is full screen, that search functionality goes away. One thing I liked about my Droid X was always having the magnifying glass search button always available. So, to that end, I'd like to see one of two things happen... 1. Add an additional soft key to the right of the multi-tasking soft-key. -or- 2. Replace the Home soft-key with a Google 'G' and serves as a multi-funtion soft-key (if that's even possible) where you press it and it works just like the Home key does today, but if you press and hold and swipe up you get a google search box and if you press and hold and swipe down it launches the Google voice search.
2. Profiles!!! I remember when I switched from my Blackberry to the Droid X and that was one of the things I missed the most. Blackberry's profile functionality for ringtones, notifications, alerts, emails, etc...etc...was by far the best I've seen. And the fact the ICS has combined the volume control for phone and notifications drives me nuts! I would love for Android to have a top notch, easy to use, profile manager built-in. (Yes, I've played with Tasker and Profiles and some other apps, the Blackberry still rules, imho)
Overall though, I'm having a great time with this phone!