Apple is the worst quality ever, But hold 70% Of the market, They have the best advertising in my opinion..
Anyway, this happened to all 6 of my Ipods, Video, nano, mini, and the other ones... ALL OF THEM WTF!!
And it happened to me last week, But I have an apple centre right next to me, I just pop in and they send me a new one within a week... I never tell them that I broke it, because accidents are not covered in warranty, (Actually I never broke it, It just happens so randomly), I just say I plugged it into my friends computer then it started smoking, so you quickly took it out and after a while plugged it into a laptop, then that happened.
That excuse works, I think if you tell them that you accidently broke it. They wont accept it, Just use anything like you woke up in the morning and it was broken, or meh. Ipods are the crappest quality ever, or I have really bad luck. My nokia 6280 screen also cracked.. But thats warranty'd too..
Do you guys get 2 years of warranty in the USA on your Ipods? we only get 1 year, but we can purchase a 3 year warranty for more then the Ipod cost lol