Is my nano Broken?

So I got a nano for christmas and have been using it fine for a few weeks now.
Today it was playing songs as normal, then suddenly at the end of of one song/start of a new one it stopped playing any thing. Its fully charged, I can connect it to my PC, sync it, i can browse every thing on it (in the actual ipod menu and also itunes) but it will not play any thing. Also all the album art on it is corrupt, cover flow... etc is just a mess you cant make out any of the images its all distorted.
Any body have any ideas? I mean I did nothing at all to it and its still under warranty and every thing. Think it is defective should I take it back to the shop it came from?

Same thing happening to my nano. Also the games seem to have disappeared and I am being asked to re-install them from this site. I'll try the restore approach and see what happens. Nano was also a Christmas present for my daughter. Not sure if the period is relevant or not. Does anyone from Apple read this stuff or is there another method to draw their attention to a possible failing in a product?

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