Phone works for a bit, upon restart, phone freezes, won't work for hours.

Hi All,
First off, let me say that I switched from Verizon to Cingular just to get the iPhone...thats how much I love Apple.
I brought the phone home from UPS and activated it without any hitch, went right through, began working perfectly...I was so happy. Then I turned the device off entirely by holding down the sleep button for a few seconds and then sliding to power off.
Then I powered it back on. It showed the home icons, and no matter what icons I tapped, nothing happened, the home button did nothing, and the signal in the upper left said "Searching..." I get 4 bars here from what I had seen before. Then I reset the phone with the Home + Sleep buttons and it reset, came back to the home screen, and again, no icons I clicked on worked...it stayed at the home screen.
I plugged it in, iTunes opened, recognized the phone, said 'Syncing', and did nothing whatsoever. It sat there for 15 minutes, never synced. I clicked cancel. Then I did a restore. It powered off the phone, turned it back on, and successfully restored the phone.
It was just like before...said "Searching" and none of the buttons, Calendar, iPod, anything were clickable. Nothing happens.
So I called Apple. The guy sounded clueless, sugessting what I had already tried, and then said hmmm...sounds like it needs repair. Needless to say the closest Apple store is 5 hours away and they can't get me a new one til Monday or Tuesday of next week.
So I left the phone in the box for a few hours, turned it back on for laughs, and it began working perfectly again. I synced it, used it for about 15 minutes, and turned it off. Turned it back on, and began saying 'Searching...' like before and it froze up--no pushable buttons.
So I left it for a few hours.
That gets to tonight, I turn it back on, its usable again.
I don't know what the deal is or if there is anything I can do or if anyone is having the same issues. My brother has one, it works flawlessly. It's so frustrating to switch carriers, pay $640 for something that does this.
Any help at this point would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for taking time to read this and reply.
Nick

Just noticed...I had always waited a couple hours...but it seems the minimum time before it will let me use the phone isn't a couple hours, but 15 minutes. If I turn it on before that time has passed, the buttons/icons don't work and it says 'Searching...'.
If I wait until 15 minutes has passed, then it works fine. Until I restart/turn it off. Then the freezing and the 15 minute wait start.

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