I think the problem was that there was beer that got into the phone while I had it on the floor watching the Super Bowl.... I remember wiping a little bit of beer off the front of my curve after someone had spilled beer.
Sadly, even if you are able to remove the moisture out of it by putting the phone in some uncooked rice (remove battery first), problems may recur due to corrosion of the metal contacts in the phone down the road.