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[Willis111]

Hey,

I was just wondering what the point of adding things like googlemaps, .net 3.5 etc (3rd party software) into a rom is. Doesn't that just make it impossible to remove some software? I can see adding things like Java/QuickGPS (things the phone should have come with) but it seems all this other stuff is just taking up space in system memory. Shouldn't a rom be a stripped down version of the os software w/tweaks and fixes applied vs a software package which would be a package of my favorite software? Thanks for cluing me in.

Regards,
Will