Why is the reminders app so hard to use?

Once again, Apple has thrown common sense out the window and chose aesthetics and 'feeling' over functionality. Why do I have to actually ask this to third party responders, instead of a product I paid for actualy working?
How do you create and edit a new list in reminders? I get to the new list screen, but there are no further buttons or any indication of what the next step is to actually having it say something other than 'New List'. The + button, contrary to what the convential meaning of "add" means, simply displays all my current lists (at this point: one). It doesn't seem to matter where I click, it only brings up the display of my current list. Nothing adds or edits the new list.

Once you tap on New list, it gives you the option to name the list. If you look, you can see the insertion point blinking. Once you select a color and name the list, tap done, and it will bring it up on the screen to start adding reminders.

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Do to do items set in the Reminders app sync with iCal in MobileMe? Or do they sync with iCal in iCloud? Or do they not sync with anything?

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* I do not get also why the info should "pertain to the cloud" and it could not be "several versions that sync" ... in the end also the cloud could be considered a device on his own, and, for the people that have limited access to the internet (as me are now, I'm moving) it makes perfect sense.
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Hello everyone, thanks for your input.
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