start menu on bottom?
 

Is there any way to switch the startmenu to the bottom and the calendar/contacts to the top?

I did a search and couldn't find anything... also if it's a simple phone setting forgive my ignorance. i've been playing around with this thing since it got delivered 6 hours ago..

You mean for the Start menu to pop up from the bottom a la Windows XP? Not that I know of.

I don't know of a way, but there are apps that do that while they are running. For example, the UK version of AIM modded for WM5 drops the start menu to the bottom of the screen while you are in it. It does not make use of the softkeys, so that may have something to do with it.

Keep looking and you might find something.