It does come with Talk, Gmail, Maps, Navigation and Calendar already built-in, after all it IS an Android device - and that's Google's operating system.

By going to Market, you can download 1000's of other applications, many of them free, a few for a couple of bucks, and a some much higher. I run a bunch of applications on my Huawei Ideos S7 ranging from free to about $50. They all work just fine. Quite frankly I love the device, it does everything I want it to, and it was less than $300. I've used mine for almost six months, so I'm very comfortable with it.

 

Where can I BUY a Slim? I tried Best Buy yesterday...they still have a display model working and everything (and it is SOO much better than my s7, which I bought in March locally at a Best Buy for $300), but all the Best Buys in my area say they sent their Slim stock back to Huawei, as per some stupid agreement. Now I have to try to find an online site to buy one...but I can't find any that carry it. It's like Huawei doesn't really want to sell the damn things...that's a foreign company for you: strange mindset.