Mourning the loss...

It died. Last night it died. I tried all morning to revive it, but to no avail. My cute little, got it in 2008, 2nd generation iPod Touch died last night. It went into "Recovery" mode, and I couldn't get it to turn on.

I tried to start it up again today, but I couldn't. The only thing I could do was to restore it to factory default. Which means I lost all my data, pictures, recordings, and contacts. No, I didn't have a backup. And yes, I'm upset and mad at myself for not. I was only using the iPod as a radio and for music for the last few years, so technically there wasn't a lot of important things on it. But it still hurts. I restored it, but have been unable to install any apps on it as the operating system is so old. So, I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for going forward.