Bricked after 1.1.2, or Coincidence?

1.1.2 killed miy iPhone - but not right away.
(Of course - it could be wicked coincidence, which is what I'm leaning toward...)
The iPhone worked this morning, after the 1.1.2, and (luckily) I synced after the update.
I went to make a call roughly 5 hours after the update, and the screen FREAKED OUT. It was flickering and bouncing like a bad TV signal.
SO now, iTunes won't see it, it says the SIM is invalid, and there's a lovely error screen on the iPhone that says: "Repair Needed iPhone cannot make or receive calls. www.apple.com/support"
I get different errors in iTunes, and the touch screen won't work to even make an "emergency call."
Anyone else see anything similar??
(I'm pretty savvy with this stuff,and have tried everything under the sun to rectify the problem. I've got an appointment at the Apple Store tonight, and will let all know how it goes.)

**Saturday night before I installed the new update mine had all the same types of messages as you are getting. I had noticed that mine was hot also, & when I pluged it in to charge it didn't seem to be charging... Late that night it went completely off and I couldn't get it to turn on in any way. I had tried the soft reset and turning it off and on. no avail.... Anyway, Monday the Apple store replaced it - he though that it was a bad battery... Good luck**

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