E71 menu key freezes

I purchased the e71 two months back and had everything working perfectly until of lately the menu key and the home key freeze. When pressed all it does is blink and the only way to get the keys working again is to reboot it. this is very irritating as otherwise it is a great phone and extremely good to use.
If it is a software problem; I would sincerely request nokia to come out with an update for the e71, as while trying to hunt for a solution to the above on the internet, I have found quite a few e71 users complaining of the same problem.
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Today I phoned Nokia (call reference 1-2379216082) and was told they know about this problem & are working on a solution.
My phone has been to my service provider 3 times and my emails to Nokia have not been directly responded to.
Nokia are still selling the E71 and do not have a solution to this problem!

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