My Ipod Nano has frozen, cannot be recognised by PC or Windows+wont charge!

I got my Ipod Nano christmas day and it worked perfectly- no problems at all. I came home boxing day, and charged it on PC ( all the itunes were installed) and it worked fine. The day after (today 27th) I used it around 9 O'clock in the morning, it worked perfectly and charged fine. I left it on my bed and went out about 11 O'Clock. I came back around 3 O'Clock and it wouldn't work. It won't switch on, charge up, and my PC and Windows doesn't even acknowledge it when i plug in the USB port. I have tried all my USB ports, pressing the buttons simoutaenously like it mentions in the support, but nothing!
I have no idea what to do! Can anyone help at all please! Thankyou x

I'm having this problem, as well.
I got my iPod Nano 4GB back in May and it worked for about two months. I then stopped using it for about three months or so. I wanted to use it this past week and I'm having the exact same problems that are listed above.
A message comes up on my iPod with the support URL on the Apple website (http://apple.com/support) and that's all that appears (I've tried to restart and charge it both by computer and charger, but the same message appears). After plugging it into the computer, the iTunes program registers the iPod but, after unplugging it from the computer, the support message reappears.
I've gone to the support link and tried everything on it, but nothing changes and the message still appears.
After pressing the centre and play buttons on the iPod, a new message appears. On the top of the screen, it says "Disk Mode" with a half-full bar on the right, where it usually is (but the bar was completely empty earlier today, for whatever reason). In the centre of the screen is a checkmark with "OK to Disconnect" underneath it. When this screen appears (and the screen doesn't light up when this message comes up), I can't get rid of it, until I plug the iPod into the charger. Once again, the support message comes up.
I really don't know what to do, but I've seen several messages similar to this problem throughout the Apple support forums. I agree with Sporky that, if these problems keep on occuring, they should recall these iPods.
Any help would be highly appreciated!

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