Is there someplace that I can get status of a Software Configuration? I have setup a test wireless deployment of third party software and now I'm looking for a status. If it completes successfully it will show as an installed application but how can I tell if it is in the process of downloading or if it has failed to deploy for some reason?

to my knowledge, no.

The Policy Service, which is responsible for sorting out software configurations, usually notes what its doing and if its having any problem in its log file which called BesName_POLC_1_Date in the log file directory on the BES, so look there.