in this day and age, we shouldnt be getting dust inside our devices.
its pretty bad form from RIM.

well, i just pulled my 8300 apart and gave it the no more dust treatment.
i think the problem with my curve lies in the right hand side of the device, its quite easy to lift the silver plastic away from the rubber.
ive just put some sticky tape across the right hand side. crude but i cant think of any other solution for now.