stewwalton: The problem has been discussed on a few threads in this forum. You can do a search to get more details on them.

There is a already a bugfix request on this issue at https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1833 . You can put your vote on the issue (you need to register yourself first, I really recommend all N800 owners to have an account there) so the development team can know how serious the problem is (and how many thankful individuals there would be if the issue is fixed).