Use Swype or Shapewriter, or one of the other slide input apps and your worries will be gone. You will never use landscape mode again.

 

I've tried swype on windows mobile and I never liked it.

I just wish they fixed the laggy keyboard in landscape.

 

My keyboard is now lightning, with 2.1. Compared with 1.5. Is the sound, and haptic feedback turned off?

 

matty, try it in landscape. In portrait, its lag free almost, yes. Flip your phone sideways, however, and prepare to be pissed.

 

I always type in landscape, even typing on this website is now quick. With 1.5 it was horrificly slow. Maybe you should hard reset, and reload the ROM. I know what it might be. Remove your Facebook for HTC Sense. That will drag your phone down on just about everything. My dialer was laggy with that on.

 

The HTC mail, and messaging widgets also slow down the phone a lot.

 

Yeah but if you try to type in other progs, like the browser, handcent sms or w/e it still lags while in landscape.

Also, I've tried it with both, haptic and sound off.

 

Dude, I'm just telling you the steps I took to get rid of the lag I had on my phone. I had lag on my dialer, and just overall. I removed the Facebook account, got rid of the HTC widgets, and everything (especially the landscape keyboard) is now fast as h#ll. If you don't want my advice, then don't take it.

 

Lol. No offense taken. But since making those changes, this is the fastest smartphone I have had. My problem with 2.1 is the conference call issue. Where when you are in a menu tree the phone will do a conference call. And there is a problem with Exchange calendar and daylight savings time.

 

I removed the HTC Facebook app and I've stopped using HTC Sense. I've switched to Launcher Pro beta and I still get lag when typing in landscape. I've also tried to use Nexus Launcher and I've got the same result. So its not the type of home screen used...its something with the keyboard in landscape.

Do other android phones get the same lag?

 

Try hard reset, reload Rom, hard reset. If that doesn't work, call HTC. You are using the official, and not the leaked Rom, correct?

 

Wait a minute, I wonder if its an app you have installed? Since I don't have the issue, it would have to be something different from your phone, and mine.

 

Wow! Just noticed there are three of you on here with the same problem. It must be something common to you three, that I don't have. Most likely an app you guys have, that I don't. You might want to all check your running apps, and see what you have in common. Then compare to mine.
The other option is to hard reset, reload rom, hard reset. Then do not login Facebook for htc sense. Don't use the mail, and message widgets. Turn off haptic, and sound for the keyboard. Don't install any apps. See how the keyboard in landscape runs then. If it still sux, then take the phone to Sprint. If it types quickly, then add just one app at a time, check keyboard. Add another. If, and when the keyboard starts lagging again, it will be the last app you installed. Then you will know what the cause is. Yes, it is a lot of work, but will be well worth it in the end...

 

Man, it sucks to run into deal breaking problems less than a week into the release of 2.1. I hope you guys get it sorted out.

I know it has been said, but I find swype to be an excellent alternative to the stock keyboard. If you can get past the initial figuring out period, it works really well.

Anyway, hope you all can find a solution to such an annoying problem! Good Luck....

 

No kidding, but I don't have hardly any of those.
Google maps
phandroid
the weather channel
pandora
Are the ones we have in common.
I did have Mabilo, but it slowed down the phone. It has a constantly running service, so I removed it. I also stop the Sprint TV service everytime I restart the phone.
But, yeah, I don't have many apps on mine. LOL. Guess the other option is about the only way....

 

Yeah, sorry I forgot to mention that I have rooted and I'm running Fresh 2.1.1. I've noticed the problem on the stock 1.5 rom, on Fresh 2.0d and Fresh 2.1.1. This is all before I've installed any apps. I notice the lag on fresh installs.

 

Im typing this message in dolphin hd...its pretty laggy. Id like the keyboard to be more accurate and responsive.
I have only a few apps installed and I havent used a task killer since day two.

 

I have the same problem when typing in landscape in text messaging. Keyboard is barely usable. I think its the app, not the keyboard. The keyboard seems to work faster in other applications. I don't have hardly any after market apps installed. I've tried some other keyboards and they are slow too.

 

Yea, I have noticed that it is faster in some apps than other...but it still lags over all...

Also with fresh 2.1.2 there is the XDA keyboard included...it lags in that as well. The funny thing is the XDA keyboard has a swipe down gesture that will hide they keyboard....sometimes I cant even swipe down properly because of the lag. So instead of hiding the keyboard it types a few letters in...very frustrating.