Contacts Indexing Problem

I have the iPod touch with the recent 3.0 upgrade. I am having problems with the Contacts application. When ever I touch the letter indexing on the right side of the contacts, the entire list of letters turns grey and I am unable to choose or go to a particular letter. The only way to get past the "A's" is to do a name search.
Any suggestions on a solution.
Thanks

have you tried following the trouble shooting steps?http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/troubleshooting/ipodtouch/
a restore will probably fix it, but make sure you have all your stuff backed up before you do it.

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