Audiovox CDM-8910 / PM-8912 / Flasher V7

I think first of all that this is a very attractive phone, but i have had the phone for a day and I can see a couple of problems so far with it. Fist the browser is extreamly slow I find. It takes like over 30 seconds to load any page. It sometimes will freeze up for about 10 seconds.

I will address this issue first. Has anyone had the same problem? also I know that some phones have software upgrade to them! anyone know if there is any for this phone?