Trashing an iPod nano
Published by GadgetSpy September 15th, 2005 in Gadgets, Portable Audio, Audio.
What does it take to destroy an iPod nano and what’s inside this tiny package?
The guys over at Arstechnica put the nano through its paces.
To simulate the everyday accidents that could result in a broken iPod, they came up with a few situations that would ultimately leave the nano lifeless:
1. Sitting on the iPod nano
2. Dropping it while jogging (4-6mph),
3. Dropping at various speeds: 8-10mph (slow bicycle), 15-20mph (fast bicycle), 30mph (slow car), and 50mph (fast car)
4. Dropping the nano from various heights.
Great read and an autopsy of the nano afterwards 
See the full review and more trashing over at Arstechnica.com
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You left out the bit where they ran over the Nano TWICE. Both times the system kept playing although the LCD screen was crushed.
What finally killed it was throwing it into the air and letting it land on the pavement.