IPod has a major freeze

My iPod froze on the Movies menu. I didnt select anything at all and the battery is now low but not turning off by holding down the play button. I am dissapointed in the iPod therefor it need to fix alot of bugs. And the screen got scratched 1 day of owning it and that is a bummer. I am dissapointed in Apple therefor they wernt ready to release the iPod Video.

Hi PINKPASSION,
If you are having issues with your 2nd Gen iPod Nano, you may want to try the troubleshooting steps from the following page:
iPod nano (2nd generation) Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/nano2gen/
Regards,
- Brenden

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