OK, so no reply from anyone. I have reset all data and managed to install the update. Three hours later everything is back up and running. Luckiliy enough while using the browser this time the device recognized my previous purchases. That saves me US$10 every 3 months or so for a decent mail app... Just wasted three hours this time... on a device that cost me a lot.
Anyway, found some issues that I'm not sure are general or specific to my device...
a) I'm using Nova launcher as my home screen (and was before). Now everytime I go into the content browser it will not respond to back (or home) and go back to Nova. I have to kill content browser and then everything is OK again...
b) in note I cannot select the eraser; it flips back to pen. Also the back of my pen does not do anything (erasing etc). Is my pen faulty or is this a bug in the app?
Note app is much improved. All the basic issues with the android version are still there and while play store compatibility seems to have improved security stuff and launcher (and auto start) is still governed by Onyx instead of me. So can't install blackberry work due to security restrictions in the firmware... For a business device it is crappy at the price I'm paying for it even though the screen is great!