Just as a troubleshooting thing, download some other launcher such as launcherpro and see if all your buttons work as advertised.
Charged up post!
Wow.. launcher Pro workes perfect.
WUDDAFUUUttttttttttt
Thanks!!!!
I have it on good authority (benny) that it is almost definitely a hardware issue :s. Breaks my heart, that phone is/was my baby hah