Music/Podcasts stop...starts...speeds up...stops, etc...then shuts down

There are some threads with others experiencing same problem, as well as on other iPhone discussion boards, but no solutions or fixes from Apple yet. This started with the next to last major iPhone upgrade. My local Apple store replace the iPhone with a new one, but the new one does it, too, so it's not the device.
I've removed iTunes and re-downloaded iTunes 9 because the Genius Bar thought maybe iTunes was corrupted, but the problem is still here.
The only other thing I've done to my computer is upgraded to Snow Leopard with the "Upgrade" disc.
Really need this problem fixed, haven't been able to use the iPod feature on iPhone for about a month, now and I've done everything I can think of. 3 trips to the Genius Bar, multiple emails to Apple feedback and iTunes support...and I'm getting crickets here.
Please help, anyone.

So on the recommendation of Apple support, who don't have a clue, I completely blew away my phone and restored it as a new phone. Essentially I formatted the hard drive and re-installed the OS.
...and it did not help one iota. I did not install any of my applications, I did not configure email or anything. I just copied some music on to it and after about 50 minutes of playback it started stopping, starting, speeding up, and skipping just as others have experienced.
Searching Google some more I found this oldish link:
http://www.methodshop.com/gadgets/ipodsupport/musicskip/index.shtml
Which pointed out that there had been a known problem with playback of Apple lossless, though this was supposedly resolved 2.2.1. But more interesting is the comment about using compressed files so that they fit in to the playback buffer of the iPhone. So the next thing I am going to try is to playback music saved in 128 kbps instead of lossless.
My experience with the iPhone and Apple's lack of support have really burned me up. The device is beautiful but between not being able to play back music, the other stupid problem I have been experiencing where apps stop working every time I sync with iTunes, and the fact that the software is frequently glitchy and unresponsive are really killing me.

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