Ah nuts, I've just realised I was touching the wrong place. Sorry for the stupid thread, happy to have it deleted.
It's the tabs that threw me, we don't get them on the iPhone and I was hitting the tab rather than the very top bar.
Yeah. I was never interested in the phone until I realised how much I used my iPod touch, the phone made a nice upgrade, much more useful when out and about, and now the iPad is my main source of entertainment/info etc, although as its just the basic wifi version my phone still holds top position once I've left the house.
I do find the iPad to be less stable but I love it.