Chris

I think we need to get a sense of proportion here. For a start, the article linked at the very top of this article demonstrates that the iPod Nano is designed to be very robust. Yet ever since the story hit the news about some people having problems, it sounds as if everyone's started to think 'the iPod nano is badly designed and/or made'. That clearly isn't the case, or else the one in the Stress Test would have b0rked the first time they dropped it.

The facts are consistent with what Apple has said, and let's face it, even the bloke who started the website to track the problems has accepted the explanation. Faulty batches happen. It's a fact of life. It's very unfortunate for Apple that it happened early on as this will have dented the product's reputation. But they have at least done the right thing.