Just for curiosity, how many times have you dropped your iPod? I ask, because for several weeks, I treated my with kid gloves (not literally, but it still managed to get scratched on the back), and the last month dropped it about 7 times in the space of a couple weeks.
All the times it hit a wooden floor (it has an acrylic case), with it either on pause or off.
Am I a butter fingers or what? 
In last 3 years and two iPods... dropping was at least thrice per iPod. 
Once, and that was the last, so far.
About a year to the date after I got my 2nd Gen iPod, I dropped it onto my concrete driveway when I was getting the mail from chest high. I cried a little. The metal back-casing had a large gash in it, and it scratched part of the hard drive. Until its last days, there was a portion of the HD which it couldn't read any data from. I never dropped it afterwards, but the damage was done. I got a nice dense foam carrying case that I got for one of my birthdays that I put it in. When I got my iPod touch, I modified the same case by just making the cutout a little taller. It fits nice and snug and some good protection.
Purchased 12/26/07 and still knocking on wood.
I keep mine in my shirt pocket but It's inevitable so just in case, I keep mine in a Griffin Elan Form.
I'm usually a bit harsh with my 5th generation iPod. I've dropped it probably 20-30 times on various surfaces. It's in a decent case, however, so it's in really good condition. My Touch, however, has never been dropped, because I'm very careful due to the glass screen.
maybe twice... 5g.
once, the first day i go my video
god only knows with my nano 2G. not once with the Touch, though, but its only a day old
When I was using my iPod Mini, I dropped it once (probably back in 2005) but it landed on the clip and thank god not on the screen. With my iPod nano 2G, I have yet to drop it. I don't trust anyone with anything technological that I own, I act very stingy. When I get my iPhone 16GB, I hope to never drop it. I don't even want it 2 feet close to the ground.
One time I almost dropped it off a ferry on one of my class trips but luckily I caught it before it could slide past the rail. 
Other than that maybe once or twice. P:
lol lex... not once with your 2G nano? thats crazy. its a ground magnet! daily, I probably drop it 30 times. hard.
I'll let photos do the talking, lol.
(to be edited)
anyway, I treat my Touch like its the holy grail.
oh, and I agree about not letting anyone touch my electronic stuff.
I've just dropped it about 5 times since I bought it on summer 2006 
I think that the Nano 2G was designed to be bulletproof. My Nano 2G (2GB Silver) has been through the wash, twice. It's fallen out the second story of my school (into grass...), fallen a grand total of... what, 4,000,001 times? seriously, I think this thing is a rock.
All works fine, flawless. The screen isn't even that badly scratched.
Wish I could say the same for the casing...
How the hell you freaks manage?
Hmm my iPod nano was falling on the street and a car was driving over it ^^ Just some scratches, still working perfect
not once with the Touch, though, but its only a day old
Aren't they amazing....everything you need without the hassles of being a phone or a camera.
I love mine even if it were to get dropped.
Should add a poll to this
I have a 5.5G and I dropped it about 4 or 5 times since I had it. Nothing happened to it since it was in a case but once it didnt boot so I shook it and it worked
My favourite was the iPod mini that I gave to my sister. She left it outside (-30 C temperatures) for 2 days in the snow, dropped it a bajillion times, and it still works.
i've dropped my first iphone 2 days after i got it on launch on a tile floor but there was no damage. i dropped it twice in over the summer but there was not much damage. then mine broke and i was waiting to take it to apple. i dropped it on concrete the same day and the back got pretty dented up.
then i got a new one from apple. the day after i slipped on ice and it fell over the stairs onto a brick into the snow. there's a dent on the sim tray and in the corner which makes the bezel stick out a bit. the back has a few nicks, also. my old iphone had two tiny scratches on the screen which were barely noticeable. my 2nd has a big larger one but it isn't at all deep and only visible in certain lighting conditions
of text>
-30 degrees C?
Thats like 90 below Fahrenheit.
You live under the ice caps in Antarctica or what?
I've currently got an iPod Touch, and thankfully I have never dropped it! Being horribly careful with it. I think I would kick myself if I got a single scratch on the screen...
I was the same when I got my first iPod - a 15gb G3, although at least back then it came with a case just in case.
When I had an iPod shuffle, that always fell off, not that I really cared too much.
Far from.-30 degrees C?Thats like 90 below Fahrenheit.P
okay.... -22I guess negative is different from positive.... +30 is around 90
lol 30 is 86
Also, you can always google a converter tool so you're not way off
Aqua-Soft Forums