IPhone OS 3.1.2 Search Causes Hard Crash Followed by Reboot

I have encountered a crash that I am unable to resolve. Using the latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 software, my iPhone OS crashes hard when using the search functionality. The problem is encountered as I begin typing a letter for the search string. When the crash occurs, it is using the same letter to begin the search string. If my search begins with the letters, "c", "d", "m", "p", "s", or "t", the crash occurs. The crash causes some white horizontal lines to populate the screen, followed by a reboot of the device. It remains on the Apple logo for about 10 minutes as the OS verifies the integrity of the flash partition.
Now, the reason I have posted this issue is because of the way it is reproduced. First, the iPhone OS is reinstalled via the "Restore" button on the iTunes Summary page. The iPhone is configured as a new device and is not restored via a backup. I then turn off syncing for all user data and only sync the iPhone applications onto the device. After about 4 hours, when the syncing is complete, simply searching and using one of the above letters causes the hard crash to occur again. I have reproduced this problem on an iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch 2G.
Any suggestions on how I might resolve the problem? Clearly, the applications being populated are somehow exposing this issue. I have not been able to isolate the problem down to one faulty application.

Maybe it's too much for the OS to search for everything (E-mails, Contacts, Maps, Notes... ect) on a device that is capable of holding more then 600 applications.
Maybe the user have a big e-mail list or a big e-mail or a large list of contacts or large notes or maybe lists of favourites...
Apple should have focused the search function only to search for apps because of the 11 pages limitation instead of searching for "anything" while 3rd party apps or web apps could do the job.
Deleting apps is not a bad idea but what if he have a very important app or a very expensive app that he would like to keep that start with the letter "T"... like maybe... TomTom or "M" for Magellan... That would be a waste.
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