Please help! Blackberry 8350i/boost

So I bought this unlocked 8350i for boost mobile. So far I've managed to work my way around using the internet through my wifi connection at home or using opera mini. I freakin hate having to go through gmail to txt ppl, is there anything new out there where you can use the actual mms/sms feature on the blackberry? it's painful to know that I have a QWERTY keyboard and can't do anything with it. Also I've been having issues downloading stuff from the blackberry website.. i tried downloading the myspace app and the livemessenger app and I keep getting a message that says "A communication failure has occurred. The server may be busy, please try again later. If the problem persists contact your service provider. I get this message when I try downloading using both my wifi connection and opera mini. I also got that message when I tried to download ringtones from myxer.com. Any help? or does anyone know anywhere else I can get those apps that is not the blackberry page? Thanks for your help! btw I was hating this phone so much when I got it on friday but I'm kinda liking it now. I was expecting stuff like this to happen if I used the 8350i with boost.

Take a look at this thread - http://forums.crackberry.com/f137/bo...tively-241170/ It should help you out.