Found by accident that I can get my Nano - with the broken power button - to play with my iPhone earbuds. Then, I watched the Youtube video to learn about the other controls (double click, triple click, etc.). Just plug your earbuds in, press the center of the earbud controller to unpause and . . . you have music. Press once to pause. What I don't know is if the battery is shutting down with the pause. I'll find out soon. Can't see the screen, but it will do until I break down and buy another or Santa brings me one.