Droid 3 - Deleting pre-installed apps and icons

I picked up my Droid 3 yesterday and when you open all apps there are many apps/icons that I will never use and I would like to delete them but I can't figure out how to do this.  I clicked on one (Blockbuster) and it told me I would be taken to the market to d/l the app.  I don't want the app and it won't let me delete the icon.  Is there anyway to get rid of these unwanted items.  I'd also like to get rid of all the VCast stuff as all it's doing is using up my internal memory.  Thank you for your assistance.

The only Android phone that has this functionality, on ANY carrier, without voiding your warranty, is the Evo 3D.
The best you're going to get is hiding the icons via a third-party launcher such as ADW.

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