As a user of an Android phone... you have no idea how much you'll miss widgets until you've had them for an extended period of time. As soon as I unlock my phone I immediately see the weather at a glance, if I have any appointments coming up, the song I'm playing right now, and a ticker of the latest news from my RSS feeds. If either of those things are something I would have otherwise forgotten to check on, then it's given me an excellent reminder. If not, then nothing's lost and I can continue on to the app that I intended to use to begin with.

Not to mention all the stuff it gives to you as a power user, like being able to instantly switch my GPS or Wifi on or off without having to navigate through several settings screens.