"How is it as a mp3 player? specifically the menus, playlist abilities etc."
It has it's own Media Player Interface, but the real beauty is it syncs your itunes playlist from itunes in ipod format. it also plays all kinds of other formats. Video is just awsome...
"Do I have to play with the settings? It didn't seem to be much faster than the BB browser"
I didn't have to do anything, it just worked faster "outta the box"... The browser does seem to take a while to start, but once it starts it seems much faster to me, of course I've been used to using EDGE. The browser starts up at the same speed as the old devices though, I'll give you that...
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