ITunes locking up only for my iPod

Question

I have had this iPod for about two years now, never had any issues. But for the last month or so, any time I try to drag a new playlist onto the iPod, its hit or miss if its going to work or not. It will do some songs fine, then just stop on one and freeze, then after a while I decide to look at its not responding. I do the same with my Wife's iPod, and it has no issues. When I plugged in my iPod about an hour ago, it said it could not be read (even though I was just listening to it!) and had to be restored. Okay, fine, I restore it, start putting music on it again, get to about 75%, iTunes locks up again, reboot itunes, iPod cannot be read, blah blah blah, eject iPod, oh look, its still blank. So it didn't even put the 50 playlists it supposedly put on before it locked up, nothing. Now its telling me AGAIN that it cannot be read and has to be restored AGAIN. Two restores in less than an hour, what the ****.
So, what the **** is wrong with this crap? With how much I paid, the iPod should certainly last more than 2 years. I now have basically a useless brick. I have Windows 7 Professional, 32 Bit, fully up to date. Fully up to date iTunes and iPod software. What is going on.....

Answer 1

I USED to be able to get a playlist or two, I had gotten 5 GB of music back on it by putting 1-2 playlists on, ejecting, plugging back in, rinse, repeat. Now iTunes locked up AGAIN, checked the iPod, NO MUSIC. Really glad I bought this ******* piece of **** two years ago! Totally worth my money!
Now, on top of all this, I find this in the help section.
Symptoms
You may notice the following symptoms on your Windows PC after installing the iCloud Control Panel, iTunes 10.5 or later, or Safari 5.1 or later:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
iTunes is slow to respond.
Windows is slow to respond.
iTunes stops responding when backing up or syncing with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Oh, so you mean that since you guys released 10.5, (and its now up to 10.6.??) people have had this issue of their iTunes not responding? What the ****. So basically since 10.5 people have had their iTunes not working correctly? Fix this crap.
I already did the LSP check thing, only one besides the apple one are two windows ones that are up to date and should be there. There is no other help to be had. What a joke.