To be quite honest with you, I would say the slowness is due to the poor processing power on these devices.
What you'll find is the processor would be the bear minimum and enough to get the player operating. But if you're wanting a speed machine, you won't find it. There probably won't be any firmware available to make it any faster because the problem is with the hardware rather than firmware/software.
Even the new touch screen players that run the Android OS, I've found the one I have is very slow and not usable. There are others but it comes down to the price you're willing to pay for it. The higher the processing speed, the higher the price.
Hope that helps abit.
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