I need help on my possibly broken iPod touch 16GB (3rd Gen)

I've had this touch for more than 2 years (so warranty expired). One night I was charging my touch when I was sleeping. Unfortunately the window was open and it started raining. My touch didn't get soaked that much but noticed that the speakers weren't working because it was sensing that earphones were plugged into it (which none were). I dried my touch off as much as I could with a towel. Then I plugged some earphones into it afterwards and the sound worked fine. Unplugged the earphones and it still said it was sensing it, disabling the speakers. Randomly, when I pressed the home button as I was exiting the Music app the touch screen stopped working. I pressed the power and home button at the same time until the "slide to power off" red bar came up. I couldn't slide the red bar because the touch screen stopped working. I then proceeded to turning off my touch completely. Starting it up again holding the power and home button after a while. I got the apple logo, but faintly (as if the brightness level was at the lowest setting) and it didn't go to the home screen. It just was stuck at the apple logo. I pressed the power and home button again to turn it off and on and still got only the faint apple logo. I googled this problem and a solution I found was to plug it into my computer and press the power and home button. Now it won't show the apple logo at all when I hold down the power and home button. Now... well I'm typing this horrid situation to you guys... D:

I would try to turn off the iPod and dry it as suggested in he following:
http://www.ehow.com/how5356376fix-wet-ipod-iphone.html
The charge it and maybe restore it. BTW, Apple only made 32 and 64 GB 3G iPods so I doubt you have a 3G. See the following for identifying your iPod:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353

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