IPhone 3G (new) touchscreen doesn't respond

Hi,
I have a new (1 week for me from the AT&T store) iPhone 3G. The touchsreen freezes up with some regularity. It will always come back after the screen saver goes on and will sometimes come back before the screen saver activates. It doesn't seem to matter what application is up.
Any clues? Sorry if this is an oft asked question. I didn't see it on anything recent.

The actual restore deletes everything from the iPhone and reinstalls the OS. But, as part of the restore process you can choose to restore from the backup. That will bring back the data that are backed up - which includes notes, SMS messages, call history, favorites, Camera Roll photos, etc., as well as your settings. Following the backup, a sync takes place, which puts the synced info back, including contacts, calendar, and iTunes-managed media (music, videos, apps, photos).
So, between the backup and the sync, everything that was on there before gets put back.
In the event that a Restore does not correct the problem, contact AppleCare or visit an Apple Store; the iPhone is not repaired - in cases of hardware failure you are given a replacement phone. Sync the old phone before you go in, then you can restore the new phone from the backup. In that process, the only items that are not set up 'correctly' on the new iPhone are the Wi-Fi network passwords (intentional, a security precaution when restoring to a different device) and the home screen layout of all your apps (all the 3rd party apps are installed in alphabetical order after the default apps) - the layout issue is a bug, I think - may even have been corrected in iTunes 8.1.1 which was just released.
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