Faulty trackpad

I have the i5 Macbook Pro which is 6 months old (my first Mac) and until now all has been fine.
But over the last few days my trackpad has started to be unresponsive and jittery as in the cursor moves erratically and not where i want it to go which makes doing anything on my Mac nearly impossible. My software is up-to-date and i have OS X 10.6.8, i have restarted my Mac nuerous times and occasionally it will work for a minute or two and then the cursor will start skipping and jumping as and when it wants too.
I automatically assumed the trackpad has to be faulty, but thought i would seek advice from more experienced Mac users incase there is a reason?
Many thanks in advance.
Gaz

I'm having issues with my trackpad too. I've ordered a battery (showing a caution sign on the menu) since I have tried taking the battery out and rebooting. With some luck, the trackpad worked for about a day, yet I'm back to the drawing board (no pun) with a faulty trackpad. Trying to use a usb wireless and wireless mouse until my battery gets here. Having a terrible time getting them to work (have used a wire, Logitech software and its unifying utility (not sure if either is compatible with Lion).. I recently installed OS X LION 10.7.2. Could this also be the problem? ....waiting on my battery. I hope this will be the culprit Any info will be helpful at this stage. Thanks, Sherri

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