My Touch has a mind of it's own!

Has any one else experienced anything like this? My new iPod Touch appears to have a mind of it's own.
Although I can slide to unlock the screen it then refuses to react to any motion or touch. However, applications open themselves, completely unprompted. I have no control. And, if the Notes app starts letters/numbers/characters appear completely at random. It's hard to explain - it's as if my iPod is haunted or being controlled remotely by someone else. Does that make sense?
The only way for me to get any control is to push the Home key. Sometimes I can't even slide to power off.
I'm really annoyed - I bought the iPod the day before going on holiday. Registered it, loaded the latest software as prompted on iTunes, filled it with songs and podcasts and then packed it away. Only for it to go wrong the next day in the hotel room before I got to the beach. Gutted. I've just returned from holiday - I've tried resetting it, like Apple suggest, by holding down the Home key and the on/off button until the Apple logo appears but this still doesn't offer any solution. Have also tried the Restore through iTunes, twice. However, my iPod still does has 'a mind of its own'.
If it was a software problem the Restore would've fixed it, right? It's got to be hardware, hasn't it? (By the way, it's a 2G Touch running 2.1.1)
I'm lost as to what to do. I bought it from the (nearest) Apple store in Cambridge, UK. It's a 120 mile round trip, there and back - returning to the store isn't going to be possible for a couple of weeks. I'm going to call Apple tomorrow to see what they say - but, before I do, thought I'd share my experience with other users... anyone else had anything like this happen to theirs?
John.

I was referring to the thread here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1584043&tstart=250 where 3 different people report strange behavior using the same leather case.
Jailbreaking is a bad idea, and very bad advice. Discussing it violates the TOU of these forums, and doing it will void any warranty on the iPod.
Regards.

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