The first thing that is going to break on ipod (not accessories and not including any port covers) is the headphone port. Mine is getting quite loose on my 2nd gen 10GB.

How much would something like this cost to replace? Should I call apple while I'm still under warrenty (~2 months left) and tell them the port has loosened to the point of being unusuable? I want another year out of my 'pod ####it!

Funny how millions of dollars of researched technology can go to waste on the simplest of problems in a product, mechanics.

I guess it's true that as the number of moving parts goes down, the lower the parts broken.