My take on the iPod nano and a scratched surface

I posted this on another thread that got nixed... Take it or leave it.
First, the nano is the best featured flash based player on the market. Right now, mine is still protected with the shipping film until a suitable see through and easily applied cover hits the market.
Apple wanted to get this thing out the door for the holidays. Perhaps they rushed it a bit. It happens, it's business and it's a brilliant product. I'd bet they did not release the specs to makers of covers because details on it would have leaked and it would have taken from the press they got at the time it was introduced. And Apple got our attention - precisely what they had in mind. I impulse bought mine based on the press. It was everything I wanted in a flash player... Finally, Apple got me as a customer. It was inevitable. I'd been watching the iPod revolution with great interest since it was introduced and iTunes only worked on a Mac.
Apple was on a high with it's press release and demand for the nano, but now it's coming down and they don't want the negative press. As a firm, you may not want it, but it comes with the territory. I think Apple will eventually address the issue and take care of it's customers, but they first have to accept this as a problem and then provide a solution that will not harm them any more than the negative press they have received so far. Perhaps the next generation iPod nano will have a glossy skin over it for protection... Something like this "InvisibleShield" I am investigating... that would probably be the cheapest solution for them and I'd probably pay a couple bucks more for the nano... as would others I suspect.
I fear the scratching for my nano, that is why I have not removed the shipping film... and $250 US is a pinch for me.. a single income family raising two kids in the current US economy. For now, pick up the phone and call and keep criticism of the nano constructive and honest in the forums. The consumer will always win!

Does the screen still change orientation (from landscape to portrait and back) when you "tilt" the iPod?  If it has trouble doing that reliably, the accelerometer inside may have become faulty.

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