[charliehcrackberry]

when I paste some urls into the hotspot browser "goto" field, I get this
message:

Attempt to paste text that is invalid for this field

In every case it is a perfectly good URL.

When it fails, if I copy a couple of characters at a time, it won't complain. But I can't copy more than two characters at a time.

[JORB]

and its just basic urls like Google very strange. Try a batt pull. Also if worst comes to worst you can always re-install the os so the browser is back to normal.

now are you using the native bb browser or opera/bolt?

[ennTOXX]

when I paste some urls into the hotspot browser "goto" field, I get this
message:

Attempt to paste text that is invalid for this field

In every case it is a perfectly good URL.

When it fails, if I copy a couple of characters at a time, it won't complain. But I can't copy more than two characters at a time.

check your browsers general options
make sure that there isn't anything conflicting this type of option in there