Here's a new Contacts Today plugin that seems to work great and is really cool...FaceContact!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=378145

Costs $15 after a 10 day trial. But damn, I've been playing with it today and it really is one of the nicest today screen plugins I've encountered for any purpose!

For these reasons (echoing and paraphrasing other users in that thread):
- It is great to have a today plugin that can handle as many and as few contacts as you want in a very efficient manner. You can use this for 5 contacts or 50 and it works the same! (No limit to how many, and no empty spaces if you don't fill it)
- Interface is wonderful! Needless to say, the "COOL" factor is quite high while also being very good at it's job! CoverFlow for contacts!
- Settings to change the default options, i.e. press and press+hold!!
- Can call, send text messages, or email all from the plugin easily
- Uses photos very effectively, and updates if you update the pics automatically
- Works great with UltimateLaunch within a tab or sub-tab! Heck it actually works a little better with UL than it does directly on the Today screen IMO.

The company/product site is here: http://www.cnetx.com/products/contact/download.asp