[doughamm]

Here are my two theories:

1) Bad batch of componentry or builds;

2) The Sony PSP originally shipped with one of the fire buttons intentionally gimped, because to fit everything in the case they had to offset the contact point by a bit. So one button never worked consistently like the others. They eventually undid this hokey workaround for a bad design. I wonder if the CDMA Touch had to undergo a similar hack job to fit everything in, and there's something different about the area under and beside the right D-Pad which results in this behavior.

I've got a 30-day return policy and Winnipeg is sold out of Diamonds anyway, so I'll try again in a couple of weeks to see if another one acts the same. I'm glad the Diamond is selling so well - it's a great phone!

-Doug