Unplugging the USB Cable

I'm having problems unpluging the USB from my iPod Nano. The thing just won't budge unless I get lucky.
Is there a little trick to make the calble slide out or am I just not pulling hard enough?

Are you squeezing the sides of the plug, not the long sides the narrow sides? Its like a button on the side that will pull in the little hook like things on the plug.

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