What's using my data?

I just purchased a Blackberry Bold 9930.  Other than the first 2 days, I have not used any data, visited any webpages, etc.  I do not have email set up yet.  However, Small amounts of data are being used every day; sometimes several times a day.  Is there some function on the phone that uses data even though I am not initiating it?  It really is small amounts, but since I'm not doing anything to use data, I don't know where it's coming from.  Any help would be appreciated.

Have you owned a BlackBerry before?  If you hold the Alt key and hit the back arrow (next to the trackpad) you can see all the "apps" that are running.  Hitting the end button doesn't automatically close things all the time and things like Facebook may still be open, transmitting/receiving data.
GPS signal, BBM, a browser window left open, a game that's still open - you can do a battery pull to be sure everything but the necessary stuff is shut down.
Even so, I have a hard time using even 100 MB on my BB - well under the 2 GB minimum tiered plan, and I currently have the unlimited data, which I will keep for as long as I can in anticipation of going "Droid" one day....

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