5530 XM music player woes...

So I updated to the latest firmware for my wife's new (less than a week old) 5530XM and the music player freezes many times per day (more if less based on use, but at least twice a day. It freezes and the characteristics of the freeze is strange. I cannot play any music. I can select songs as long as I do not leave the play list or go back to the main music screen. I can push any button I want within the music player and the button will light up recognizing that I pushed it. I can also go into the menu system and press entries such as exit. However, none of the buttons work. Other than being able to maneuver the music player is completely unusable. To solve the issue we have to completely reboot the phone.
I am not new to Nokia phones, but this is the first phone I have ever had a problem with and do not have much experience troubleshooting.
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciate it (Since the whole reason we bought it was for the music ).
Thanks

Try to reinstall the firmware. It may not have been installedproperly.
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Hopefully more people can get the word around and get this noticed by Apple and finally fixed.
I've uploaded some test files below to show the problem. The files are mp3's and aac, and have been ripped from cd using the latest version of iTunes. The mp3's are the ones with the issue, but the aac play with no problem. If you listen to the transition at the end of track 2 (2-02 Colours (JH Re-Edit)) going into the start of track 3 (2-03 Your Body), you will notice the split second pause / jump. But listen to the aac version and compare it to the mp3 version and you will hear that it plays back fine, just as it's supposed to. Try them in iTunes too and both versions playback fine, no jumps or pauses.
You can download them here, all links have the same files, I just uploaded them to different hosts for other people's choosing...
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=86512332626247919914
https://www.mediafire.com/?w5wvi50er96b14s
http://www42.zippyshare.com/v/37047710/file.html
https://www.sendspace.com/file/lubcmc
More files can be provided if needed to show the problem happening on various other albums.
I really hope that people can spot this issue too and help get this fixed, I know this gapless playback feature might not be important to some people, but like I said at the start, it's an essential function for me in a music player and I use it on a daily basis when I listen to music.
Thanks for reading this long rant of mine, appreciate it.
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