I must admit that this is my only complaint with the 8800 and it seems like there are resolutions. If it is easy to pull the sides and do some slight modification to quiet the sides down a bit I pretty much have everything I want in the 8800. Someone even mentioned aftermarket rails and if those came in a material such as carbon composite with some good rubber inserts to keep them quiet I would consider that too. Overall though, I love this phone. I thought I would not be able to really use the keyboard due to my paws but it is going great. Everybody makes mistakes in design and quality here and there, just look at Mercedes these days... If some slightly creaky rails are the worst I experience (and especially if the issue can be resolved easily and on the cheap) I chalk it up to hopefully temporary design flaws on RIM's behalf. Heck, how many of us here are going to be using the same BB for the next 2 years anyway? Seriously.