Very disappointed with OTA 2.1

I thought I would give an update.

I was finally able to locate the ADW Launcher - although it came from a link on the board instead of through the Market.

I used one of the posts here about ADW Launcher to customize the setup and so far I have been very pleased. I installed the Launcher with about 80% of the battery charged. I messed with the settings, created a few short cuts and just got accustomed to the layout and played around as I normally would with the phone. I installed on Sunday afternoon and I have not had to reboot the phone yet - I did accidentally let the battery die late Monday night. The camera has not locked up either and the very few calls I have had using my Bluetooth have not messed up the phone either. The one and only issue I had was I was trying to use the camera to take a picture to email directly with Gmail and for some reason the message itself wouldn't go through. The Gmail wasn't syncing properly. Once I cleared the Gmail Storage out everything was fine.

I am really starting to think my issue was memory management. All day long the phone is responsive and apps come and I haven't had the sudden urge to throw the phone to the ground and crush it. Without ADW it seemed to get sluggish as the day went on (with and without task managers).

I still do not have all of my apps back on, I still need to add a couple of apps: Weather Channel and Advance Task Killer (which I may not put back on, unless I try to disable some of the Auto Start apps ie Amazon MP3). As of this instant I am very happy to have my Eris back to normal.

Thanks for the suggestion and advice you guys provided -

Mike