I have noticed a difference on how the Edge 1030 behaves in the simulator and the real device. In the simulator, there is not display of the widget indicator bar across the bottom, just the menu/back bar. On a real device, the widget indicator bar is shown all the time. My concern is this changes the user experience because it takes up space that you can use on other devices. I know on my Edge 1000, the widget indicator bar will hide after a certain period of time. In my widget I display a timestamp at the bottom of the screen, and use getHeight() to determine where the bottom of the screen is. Since I did not know about the widget indicator bar on the 1030 it is hard to develop a layout which is not blocked. See the screen shot.
As I see it, to make layout decisions easier, either the simulator needs to show the widget bar, the getHeight() needs to report a shorter available screen when running a widget, or the widget indicator bar needs to hide like on the edge 1000. As you can see in the image below the WU logo is blocked by the bar, again image size uses getHeight() to determine the image size. Overall I don't consider that available space, and am now having to develop a workaround for an unadvertised feature. ;)
