Hold button is sticking and wheel buttons are going on iPod nano 5th generation

I have four iPods. One 30gb classic that doesn't work at all. Another inoperable one is a 2 gb (dropped in water) nano that they don't make anymore. Another is an 8 gb touch, and the last is a 16gb nano 5th generation. My main concern is the 16gb nano. The hold switch is sticking sometimes, and the previous and menu buttons are not working. The previous button went first, now the menu button has been going out. I have to press it 6 or 7 times sometimes more. I saw the support document stating that it was being pressed during calibration after switching it off of hold, but I don't think that is it. I am going to try the r's after their advice doesn't work. I am waiting for the next button to start doing it and then the play/pause. There is no problem with the wheel as far as volume or selection. I have taken excellent care of this device, and I am hoping they recall like they did with the first gen nano. I am crossing my fingers! There is barely a scratch on it.
BTW, the 5th gen classic I have was doing really weird stuff. It would play after being completely charged. But, if you changed albums or songs at all, it would go to the reset screen with the apple logo and freeze up. I think I am going to get a new battery, I hope it works. I have almost 100gb of music, 16 doesn't quite cut it anyway. It also won't recognize this device in iTunes. So, the troubleshooter is no help.

1. Go to the iTunes Store. In the bar that goes across the window, click on iTunes U. These are lectures and other material contributed by many educational institutions. They are free.
2. I don't know. But once it is on your iTunes library, you can change the Media Kind by doing a Get Info on the item in iTunes. On the Options tab of the Info window, set the Media Kind to Audiobook.
3. I don't know. You'll probably know tomorrow...
4. No. I can't think of a way to do that, not as a voice memo recording. If you can convert the voice memo recording from the iPhone into an MP3 or AAC file, you can add it to your iTunes library as a song. You could then sync it to the iPod, like you would with any song file.

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http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/nano5gen/
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(skip to second paragraph if you want to get straight to the point)
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Found one on best buy
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by Belkin, so a place to start.
They're a lot more expensive, but Griffin has some of their 'survivor' cases with sealed ports, so you could cover up the ones you don't need.
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