[the18thtee]

Yeah, this is an issue that is even in the stock ROM. The Slot Cycle Index helps out a lot, but is ring response time is even slow on the stock ROM (I have tested this many time on many different roms). Voice Command slows down ring response time alot as well, so if you have the incoming call announcement active I would disable it, also, today screen apps slow power up load time as well, so I keep these to a minimum, and any screen saver/power on apps (buttonlock, slide2unlock, spb mobileshell, etc.) slow down ring answer time alot because the have to load before the hard buttons are activated (i.e. answer softkey, green phone button). You have to keep in mind that this is a phone as well as a pocket pc so the phone app is going to take a little while to load, just like any other ppc app. If you find any more good tweaks to increase response time, post them for others to try.