IPod novice needs advice

Okay, I'm a novice at this...I simply wanted a shuffle for running at the gym....hubby bought me a 20gb iPod because he thought it was better. In any case, I have only been using it since the end of December (it was purchased in October 2005) and it freezes, skips songs and the display does some funky split screen thing. I have been looking at the different postings and am saddened to see that these are very common issues (especially since I just purchased a nano for my daughter). I thought I just had a lemon. So my best plan of action is to reinstall the software/updates and cross my fingers? Thanks for any advice!

If you do a lot of running with your iPod you could be doing damage to the drive. It's a hard drive based mp3 player. It's possible when the iPod is loading a song into it's memory (drive is being accessed) to damage it. If you problem comes back, send it back to see if Apple can find anything else wrong with it and it might be a good idea to consider a Shuffle for use when you are jogging since it's a flash based mp3 player.

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