I have bad news about my cute pink iPod, which I’ve not even had for a whole year. I’m pretty sure it’s dead, with no hope of recovery.

I dropped it on the pavement as I was walking out to my car Saturday… I slipped on a patch of ice and momentarily lost my grip.

I’ve tried resetting it and doing other variations of the remedies listed in the iPod user’s manual. However, all my iPod wants to do is charge… nothing more. I can’t connect it or look at music, and of course, listening to music is out of the question.

I’m so sad that it’s gone… and yet, it feels incredibly silly to say it. It’s just that… well, I listened to it all the time! In my car, while running, during my side job in my friend’s home office.

The motto? Hold on to your mp3 players. They’re obviously not made to last!