Reminders app is slow on my iPhone 4. Why?

The Reminders app which came with iOS 5 is very slow and sometimes crushes on my iPhone 4. Did anybody notice this? I will also add that the whole iOS 5 looks slow at times, though not as bad as ios 4 on my good old iphone 3G. But it sure doesn't run as smoothly as iOS 4 did... I will actually consider going back to iOS 4 if things do not improve with a future update...

Also the same for me.
I have minor slowdowns in other apps - but these don't really cause significant issues.
However, when using reminders, it can lock up for 30 seconds or more very frequently (i.e. you try to edit a reminder, it locks up, you then press done and it locks up again).
I ditched my crusty old windows PDA phone, but even this managed my task lists better than the iPhone (i.e. it was usable). I'm probably going to have to resort to editing reminders in the cloud... however, this defeats the object of having a portable to-do list that you can update.
I'm wondering whether the slowdowns are to do with cloud syncing (does it lock up when its trying to sync?)
BTW: I have an iphone 4 upgraded to iOS 5 (never used iOS 4 so cannot compare to this).

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But what about the rest of the Mac users that have been users for decades???
I think the problem I'm having is that the To Do lists (Reminders) have been removed from the right side of iCal (Calendar in Mountain Lion) in favor of this new dismal 2nd app strategy… I see no reason why the new reminders app couldn't co-exist with Calendar and it's right side To Do list column so that we the users have the choice.
The Reminders app even has a "Calendar" in it, proving that Reminders should maybe still be in the Calendar app and not separated out.
Another problem is that if I use separate lists to organize Reminders, the app doesn't even have a way to see all my reminders at one time? What a pain! In iCal I could not only see all my reminders I could color coded them by Calendar (list).
Also, 99% of my Reminders never have any Time, Date or Location info associated with them, so the nice new notification center dos not show them and I'm stuck forgetting about them because they are out of sight hidden away in the new awful extra Reminders app…
On an iPad or iPhone with the limited screen sizes, I can see the need for separating the info out into another app, but the screen size of most Macs is not an issue so it makes no sense to take away what was working perfectly in favor of the iPad way of doing it.
The layout and function of iCal in Tiger was the best for Efficiency and Workflow and I would love to see that return.
The way it is now just makes me sad at how much time I wast at clicking extra buttons to edit things or swapping apps or windows around on screen.
Very Sad.
Anyone else feel the same?

Brian Dodds wrote:
I gave it a try for 30 days and altogh it is what Apples iCal/Calendar should be. Some anoyances about it as well as the price made me end up not stick with it. Things like the tab key moved between days instead of events,
Moves between events on mine, alway has,
There was a constant sync indicator blinking and spinning in the calendar list, etc.
I see the indicator during a Dav update or a Sync, but not constantly, only when things change
It just didn't feel polished enugh yet.
I don't share your opinion on that one.

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sgreenie,
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KOT

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