Omnia made use of Widgets and Shortcuts to let you access the most popular applications like your messaging, settings, phone mode, office, calendar and others.
You can drag and drop the applications using the Shortcuts function. Press the Main Menu and click on the Shortcuts on the bottom left hand screen.
There are several Widgets for use in the Today under the Settings Menu. You can also download from the Internet where Omnia users has design additional widgets. Just Google for it.