I did not have time to read all posts.

There is an app called " speed dial ".(as of right now it is not on the market, i just downloaded this 3 days ago. Hopefully they are just updating the app.) You simply add shortcut, hit the speed dial app, then it will ask you for your preference: 1 touch, call log to call (2touch), and a couple more, choose then select contact. Contact will show up on a panel, click and call. This can be really useful by making an entire panel just speed dial contacts.