5-10 minutes of use on a full charge then unexpected shutdown

Just recently I have only been getting 5 - 10 minutes of use out of my battery after being fully charged. just a month or two ago I would get 1 - 1.5 hrs. The computer will just unexpectedly shut down with no warning. The battery meter in the menu bar shows almost full charge when it shutsdown. Last year Apple replaced my battery after it started swelling. I have tried resetting the SMC controller by unplugging the battery, disconnecting the power cord and holding the power button down for 5 seconds.
Mac Book Pro 2Ghz Core Duo
Battery Full Charge Capacity 2498mAh
Battery Cycle Count 334
SMC Version 1.2f10
Battery Update 1.2

While that's technically true, the Full Charge Capacity is very low for a battery with just over 300 cycles.
Several posters in the forums have reported getting free replacement batteries from Apple under their 2 year battery warranty extension even with +more than+ 300 cycles. It's probably worth a visit to an Apple Store or a call to AppleCare to try.
FYI, the warranty extension and an an acknowledgement of the battery issues is here:
http://www.apple.com/support/macbook_macbookpro/batteryupdate/
Hope this helps...

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That sounds better. You confused me with:
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