New TODO view--praise and criticism

I love the new ToDo section of Mail. At first I thought it was a very basic application, but now I understand that it can compete fairly with Entourage by the use of Smart Mailboxes. Once I got my head round the terminology--Smart Mailbox is the same thing as an Entourage View--I was up and running. Apple has done a good job with this, but the depths of the module are well hidden. Most new users will not understand and will complain about the lack of filtering (as I did in another thread).
So far, though, I have two major criticisms and I hope Apple will take note:
1) There is no "Start Date" field. This, in itself, is not a big problem for me because I take a fairly simple view of ToDos, or tasks, and don't see them as a full-blown project management system. But the problem arises when data is synchronised with devices using a start date field. In particular I am thinking of Windows Mobile 6 phones/pdas. When a ToDo is created in Apple Mail it's usual to choose a due date. When the item is synchronised with Windows Mobile the due date is reproduced also in the start date field. Subsequent editing of dates causes problems. We need either a start date field in Apple ToDos or a fix to ensure that start dates are not added to the record on synchronisation.
2) The filtering for Smart Mailboxes does not allow (as far as I can see) for ToDo items with no due date. When creating mailboxes, or views, it is a useful catch-all to be able to include those items without due dates alongside other time-based selections.
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