ok folks im now in sc coming from baltimore, and im happy to report my trip with the test rom. ok i have gogle maps, and tomtom6. from my house to lorton va, i had no problems whatsoever using tom tom to track my route. i work for the railroad, so from lorton va to florence sc i was on the train playing with my phone. on my trip this evening i did not lose any service whatsoever. even in verizon, alltell areas i had no problem at all. aslo gps was no problem to pick up while on the train. i have not pulled out my jawbone to test the bluetooth yet but i will do that tomm when im out and about. but on the east coast so far so good im in the hotel in florene sc and my speed on evdo is 943kb a sec. niiiice