I had the exact same problem with my T68. I too had an early model and the T68i software upgrade. am using the 7650 now and am happy. I made a vow to never buy another ericsson product without trying it out first. no predictive text is so typical of sonyericsson products today. I thought ericsson was on to something when they came out with the the R380. the best feature about the phone was the landscape views for wap and sms. why pocketpcs, palms or the new p800 haven't followed through is beyond me.

btw, the reason the t68 is so slow is ericsson wanted to save costs when putting it out, so they used the same microprocessor as the t28.