Also if you use the 5.0, you don’t have to restart the simulator that much, so it’s much less of a problem in that case. You still can run 4.2.1 apps on the 5.0 simulator (if you happen to still target that or maybe 4.5/4.6/4.7 versions) – it’s not a problem as it is backward compatible.

I worked on bb simulators few years back and always same problems, never fixed and still around ???
I switched to JavaSun emulator and works smoooooooth so I use bb emulator only if I need to test signature or GPS positions and it is so f…. hard and wast of time, that is unbelievable.

Also, you apparently can’t run multiple simulators (phone models) at the same time and have them connect to the MDS. The first one connects fine, but then the others complain that there’s already a version of the current simulator running and network functionality will be disabled. This is a HUGE problem given that RIM moronically decided to make each phone model a different simulator executable instead of simply making them plug-in modules on a single simulator platform. And, of course, given that you can’t close that first simulator before bringing up the second (see problem #1).

I can’t BELIEVE this is so hard.