iPod My iPod is stuck in my Vaja 5G case...

The only tip I would suggest is for you to keep pushing from the bottom doctor connector, and pulling the top...I would imagine the IS is sticking to something inside the case

On a side note, why did you buy both the IS and the Vaja case?

This should work really well for you. Compressed air.
I use it to get handle bar grips off my bikes.
Just use the small straw that comes with the compressed air can, stick it into a small crack and hit the gas. The air will lift any surfaces that are clinging onto themselves.

Personally I don't know why people are so protective. I carry my ipod and treo 650 naked. Only a screen protector. Because by the time it's 3-4 years old, I want scratches on the case, I want small dents on the case, I want the thing to be so trashed (but still usable) that I can say, wow I got my use out of it, I held it every day the way it was meant to be, I felt the nice slick metal finish on it and I liked it.

Those things are adorable and well crafted. So well crafted that they mean to hug that iPod very snugly and keep it safe within an inch of its own life. I rather wonder how you got it in there with the screen protector on
iPod cases are rather like chinese finger traps. Along with the compressed air (which is a GREAT idea, Arc, and I'm the same way about keeping my iPod in the nude) tug the front of the case up and away from the ipod. Sometimes this will unstick the plastic just enough for you to either shake it out gently or pull it out. Mine got stuck in its first case, too.

If that doesn't work, may I suggest this Vaja case removal tool.