Yep, stuttering audio when you give it a kicking is a Maemo staple unfortunately. But fairly understandable.

So, given that we don't have hundreds of people in here complaining, and that you and some others have perfectly fine devices, I'm gonna play the "small subset of the batch have a hardware failure" card (it's pretty damn obvious now) and give Handtec an email.

Might take them up on their refund offer given it's unclear when they're getting stock compared to other retailers and maybe I can get a new one quicker from someone else?