Google Maps
Don't know about BB Weather
Charge, boot, *228, enable your BES, don't customize anything else... then do the software update. That's my recommendation as some things were lost (in terms of ease of setup) when I did the SW update first on a second 8830.
Don't use it, Password Keeper works fine for me
Your BIS, VZW's is at
https://bis.na.blackberry.com/html?brand=vzw
VZAccess Manager Software Download
*shrug*, tons of threads on best software... have at it, I've got no urgent favorites. -Pk