hey folks, not sure if mustan-tech really did fix those issues with the missing album and the keyboard...the version of mega-rom i downloaded still had them broken, unfortunately.
http://rapidshare.com/files/74055736/HTC.Album.1.0.1030.720.cab
the above file (posted earlier in the thread) fixes the missing album issue
ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Vogue/Users/OM...ard-Keypad.CAB
the above file fixes the garbage in the suggest-a-word part of the keyboard, it also brings back the HTC keyboards, which i actually prefer to the ones in the ROM.
Hope this helps. I'm actually switching to the clean ROM and installing only the apps I want from the MEGA-ROM. If anyone wants any of what's included in the mega-rom which i snooped around for myself, drop me a line.
thanks to everyone for sharing their knowledge...this phone is a lot more useful than it was off the shelf.