3x3 contact shortcut anyone?

Hi. I've got a HTC Hero awith the 'People' widget. Problem with thi is that you have to slide up/down to find people other than the 3 it is able to show at the same time.

Now, since android has the built-in ability to attach 9 persons to the 9 numbers on a key/softpad (a normal feature for most phones, by the way), i was wondering why nobody has made a widget that will pull out these people and show them in a 3x3 widget corresponding to the numbers on the pad.

I've included a piture to show what i mean. Hope someone know if something like this exists..