Farewell to my Ipod

First the black lines appeared on the screen.
I downloaded some applications that was supposed to get rid of the "stuck" pixels which caused the black lines. It did not work!
Not long after, it goes absolutely black and silent when I am in the middle of some song.
So you think it's a flat battery and so I charged it on my ipod dock and continued playing songs at the same time.
Next thing I knew, the music stopped and all I heard was "tiak tiak tiak" coming from my ipod.
A dreaded picture of an ipod with a sad smiley face appeared on screen and a message that says visit www.apple.com/support
I think I can declare my ipod has finally met it's demise. *Sobz*