Newbie question on customizing buttons and features of my phone.

[boe]

Hello,

I'd like to do a couple of things -

1. In email, I'll never use the threading or favorite e-mails. Can I change the buttons to things I would like - e.g. sent items or just remove the icons I'll never use completely? (not sure if it matters but I'm using exchange for email).

2. On the home screen I'd like a smaller clock so I can have more space for other things. Ideally I'll find a good widget for putting some upcoming calendar events in the home screen. Not through selecting calendar but I'd like my lock screen and or my home screen to show upcoming calendar events.

3. How do I reasign the hard buttons? I'll probably use the camera about 5 times during the length of time I own my phone but there are plenty of apps I'll use regularly that I'd like to assign a hard button - e.g. flashlight.

4. I'm not sure what to call the other screens you can flip/rotate to after the home screen but I only need 4 and it has 7. I'd prefer to rotate around quicker back to my home page since I don't need the other pages.

Thanks