Totally unresponsive ipod touch 4th gen

whilst i was browsing facebook on my 4th gen 32gb ipod touch, the facebook app froze up. it seemed quite normal for me, but after a few minuntes, the screen changed - it displays thousands of multicouloured stripes running vertically on the screen now. it is totally unresponsive and will not turn on or off. connecting it to power does nothing. i have not tried syncing it to itunes yet, but i don't think it would do anything either...
i am convinced i will need to take my ipod to the apple store for help, repair or replacement....
any ideas/comments?
cheers

Thanks for the help Ingo2711,
I think the situation just resolved itself. I checked on the ipod to see if i could try your ideas, but the screen had gone black and the power was off. I held the power button, and the screen displayed the 'charge' button. It seems fine now. The thing must've run out of power when it was frozen, and gone back to normal.
Cheers mate

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