Touch Touchscreen Kaput ?

I haven't used my 18 month old Touch for a week as I have been reading a library book.

I went to use it this morning and it needed a recharge.

I plugged it into the wall outlet and the usual window came up with the CONNECT or CANCEL options. When I tapped CANCEL nothing happened !.

After charging I found that it didn't respond at all to any amount of tapping.

I tried pinhole resets to no avail and eventually did a factory reset.

I also had to update Desktop, then plugged in the Touch updating and synching it.

Now I am stuck at the language screen as it still ignores my taps.

Anyone any ideas or is my touchscreen busted ?