is anyone else annoyed with their messaging?

[blazin-asian]

it seems that everytime i click on a person to talk to in MS messaging, text, then X out back to the main messaging screen (where it lists all your convos), it freezes with the top portion still stuck at the last view with the rest of the list below.

this continues sometimes up to a minute before i can do anything with the phone. ive had the same problem with many roms such as Juicy, Energy, and MightyMike so i dont think its rom specific.

i use MS myphone to backup/restore my info since i heard it was more efficient then PPCPimbackup. i do a lot of texting/emailing and it seems like everytime i send a message this lag continues. ive tried deleting my sent items, deleted items, and drafts to clear up some space but the problem persists.

is there a certain amount of messages that it can store before it starts going haywire? its honestly driving me insane that a "smartphone" cant even handle a simple task such as text messaging.

am i missing something or is this a problem that everyone has just learned to live with?

PS. im sitting here waiting for the phone to load my deleted messages 1 at a time so i can delete them and make more space. as it loads 100 messages, i select all, wait for all 100 to be selected, THEN i am able to delete it. after that 100 is finally deleted, another 100 shows up as if it is SLOWLY recounting every message and i have to repeat again.