A few things on the new ROM. The reason everybody is having problems with packages coming back even though they have been removed from the setup file in the extended rom is due to the fact that the ROM is locked. If you make changes, you are making changes in memory only, so they come back after a hard reset. The way around this is to unlock the extended rom area and to move the setup file somewhere else and modify it and then move it back. I did this and it has been persistant.

Here are the steps I followed, since there seems to be a lack of usable instructions on this site.

1) Install the new ROM update, and let it do it's thing and install all of the junkware.

2) Delete any existing partnerships with ActiveSync, and then reconnect the PPC6700 to the computer.

3) When prompted create a new partnership, and uncheck all of the checkmarks by the sync items, so you get an ActiveSync profile that does not sync anything.

4) Download the Apache ROM unlocker from the following link: http://www.buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=59&func=view&catid=59&id=9459#9459

5) Download Total Commander from the following link: http://ghisler.fileburst.com/ce/tcmdpocketarm.exe

6) For the ROM unlocker, they used RAR to compress. You will need to get WinRAR to unrar. Once that is done put the .exe on your PPC6700 by using the Explore option of ActiveSync.

7) Put the total commander program on your ppc6700 in the same way you did the unlocker.

8) Disconnect the PPC6700 from the computer and use File Explorer on it to find the files you just put on there.

9) First click the total commander icon and this will install total commander.

10) Next click the ROM unlocker link and it will pop a dialog box. Click ok.

11) Soft reset the device

12) Once back up run the total commander program out of Start -> Programs -> Total Commander.

13) Type in the path \Extended_ROM\ in the path box

14) Select the config file from that folder and move it to you Documents and Settings to modify it.

15) Pull up the properties on the file and uncheck the read only attirbute of the config file.

16) Use total commander to edit it. Romove the following lines:
CAB: \Extended_ROM\WTLAudiblePlayerPocketPC.arm.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\AudibleSample.sa.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\sprint_software_store.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\GetGL.CAB
CAB: \Extended_ROM\Disable_RemoveProgram.sa.CAB

17) Pull up the properties of the file again and re-enable the read only attribute of the config file.

18) Move the file back to \Extended_ROM\ directory.

19) Hard Reset the device

20) After it installs all of the necessarry files, go to the remove programs setting and remove the 2 programs listed there. I dont know what is installing them, but they are junkware related so get rid of them.

Now you have a PPC6700 free of junkware!

Disclaimer: As with anything, do this at your own risk. These directions worked great for me, but if you omit steps or dont follow it the same way, it may not turn out the same way.