Screen scratches easily

My IPod has a lot of minute scratches on the screen. I have been very careful, blew dust off anytime I put it into the case, but still scratches. If it brushes against my jeans, a scratch appears. I have put on the PDA screen covers, but it is a bit late. I know that they had some problems with some of the Nano screens and think it may be re-occuring.
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I babied my ipod making sure that it was always either on top of the case, in my bare hand, or inside the case. But sure enough, I looked yesterday and there was a fine scratch on the ipod. I seriously think apple needs to redesign this thing because it is a cheap business tactic.

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