[Lt Major Burns]

if you hold down 'play/pause', the device goes to sleep. if you then put it on hold, then it won't ever wake up, until you want it to.

battery life is very good for music, which is it's primary function. it's by no means sony beating, but to keep the device small and light, they compromised. most users will use everyday, always touching base at some point in a 24 hour cycle. it's a commuters device, at which point the battery life is more than adequate. it's last as long as almost any flights.

for video, they'll admit it's not brilliant, but no device will play high quality video for long on a battery, not at that quailty anyway - it's decoding perfect quality (ie no visible compression) 30fps video. it's not a Video iPod, it's a normal regular ipod that also plays video, to silence their critics who said they were behind the times. technology isn't good enough just yet for that type of device to be any good.

the click wheel has five obviously placed and generously spaced buttons, which have a good enough travel. the wheel itself is a well-textured smooth and accurate accellerating pointing device. it is, without a doubt the simplest and most effective solution ever created for this use. it can be used by everyone, and you appear to be the first person to find it 'silly'.

the pastic is shite, but it's also bulletproof, so take that as you will. you can get invisble shields for this, if you need to keep it nice looking. mine is over a year old, and still has very minimal scratching to the chrome, and virtually none on the plastic. because i never put it in as pocket with anything else. that's just common sense. i use my phone, and my camera in the same way.

they don't bunlde a dock, or a remote, or a charger, or anything else, because that would make the device more expensive still. you are getting that for the cheapest it comes. ipods used to be £500, back in the day when they did bundle everything. most people never use the extras, and if you want them, you can buy them, pick and mix style. you never pay for anything you don't need. i have the charger, but i never use it, really. the firewire cable works fine for me. ipods are now £300 and play video and are smaller than ever.

if you still hate it, i'll take it off your hands for £100