I think you should probably upgrade to the latest firmware if you're experiencing that kind of performance degradation. My friends that initially updated kept

I think you should probably upgrade to the latest firmware if you're experiencing that kind of performance degradation. My friends that initially updated kept up to date, and they don't notice those issues much anymore (exact same problem -- huge delays in answering phones... sometimes the phone wouldn't even pick up). From what they say, that really hasn't been a problem for a while. But I just don't really see the need for it (multitasking is somewhat of a non-starter on the puny processor in the 3g... I think it's just a 533 MHz job). So even with the upgrade, I doubt you'll be able to multitask particularly well... but you will get your speed back.