[header] How to extend the lifetime of your ipod touch [title] Clean your ipod touch every day. [step] This will ensure that it's not smeared with fingerprints, and you'll have better accuracy when using the screen. Some of the older generation itouches come with a cleaning cloth, but if yours did not, then a glasses cleaning cloth works just as well. 
To use either, just breathe on the screen, then rub till the fingerprints are gone. [title] Buy a screen protector and a case for your ipod touch.