Hey Calkulin,
Any chance you can work this keyboard skin into your Kitchen...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633253
I installed this and it makes the onscreen keyboard absolutely FLY. It's a HUGE upgrade to the speed of the one now. This is for the one with the arrows.
I ask you because when I install it, there are a few slight graphical glitches when it overlays the one you have in your kitchen. The space bar, shift key and XTC/ABC keys are misaligned by being slightly too high. However, all keys seem to work, even with the graphical misalignment.
NRG tweeted about this and is going to be including it in his ROMs too as the speed increase is quite amazing.