[MotoSook]

Since I don't use my Blackberry for work anymore, I stopped leashing it to my PC on a daily basis and using the Desktop Manager, but I recently plugged it in to sync my calender. In the process I upgraded the firmware, and it's been great! I was ready to buy a new phone too.

The browser seems to be much faster even though I'm on EDGE, not 3G. The browser display is much better too. And navigating is much easier with the added arrow versus the highlighted links when scrolling.

I also installed the latest BB Maps, and it's much better too. I travel for work a lot, and I rarely need a paper map or a Nav system to get around. I go to some far out places too. The GPS with BB Maps works like a charm. It now allows you to scroll around while it halts the GPS tracking so you can look ahead of your position. When done, you just hit escape and it resumes GPS tracking.

The nice thing about BB Maps is it will allow you to select a destination from your contacts and with just a couple of clicks you have directions!

And it still works with Google Maps...for unfamiliar destinations.

The bad part....while playing with it last night on the drive home...I found my BMW is a bit optimistic on speed. It thinks it's 5 MPH faster than actual speed...which skews my mileage...but it does fool me into driving a little slower.