Is it dead or is it just the battery?

arg ok here is my problem...last night i was listening to my ipod and it was working perfectly then this morning i try to listen to it and it gave me the sad ipod icon so i naturally went to apple.com/support/ipod followed everything it said but all i can do is plug it in and it just sits there and has the very low battery sign and it cant connect to my computer b/c every time it tries it has the sad ipod sign then goes back to the very low battery sign...please is there anything i can do? my life almost revolves around my ipod (not really i just listen to it practically all the time)

Do you have another usb port you can hook it to? Do you have a USB iPod wall charger? If nothing you did helps. You should put in a service request or drop by an Apple store if your close to one.

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