After 1 hr of music playback, 2 month new, 30gig iPod needs charging

Hello,
I have a 5th generation 30 gig iPod. I've took it out of its box in the last week of July 2006. Most times, the iPod is plugged in to the USB cable and is recharging. I leave it plugged in even when the display shows that it's fully charged.
On Sundays when I go for a walk, I unplug it and listen to some music/podcast. This walk is about 25 minutes short. After the walk, I turn off the iPod. How? By pressing pause and then holding down the center button (or is it the Playback button?) until the power goes off.
That's what I did last Sunday, Sept 10. Since that time, I haven't been listening to the iPod. Since that 25 minute listen on Sept 10, I haven't used the iPod. And it was left unplugged/uncharged. On Wednesday evening, Sept 13, I wanted to use my iPod to listen to audio. But, behold, the battery was low. As a matter of fact, when I pressed the power button, nothing happened for a few seconds, and then I got the backlit-less apple logo on a black background, followed by the big old-school battery logo showing a lightning.
I don't understand why 1 hour of listening on my new iPod is enough to drain it. What am I doing wrong? Doesn't the iPod automatically power off, even if I didn't manually power it off?

Can you switch platforms on this type of iPod from Mac to PC?
Yes.
How often do these iPod's have a return or failure to operate properly rate?
I believe that about %90 of ipods are fully functional.
Is it even worth owning this generation? Or is Apple going to release a new iPod generation soon?
Apple will keep coming out with new ipods all the time. I would just stick with the video if I were you.
If it's not worth owning this generation, are there any suggestions for a new and better type of MP3 player?
ipods seem to be the best/most popular, mp3 player out there...but if you want something different, I would suggest this http://auctions.overstock.com/item/33321762
Should I upgrade from a 30gig to an 80gig? Is it worth it?
It all depends on how much music/videos you have, or want to purchase. If you will be loading your ipod full of moves,videos,music,photos etc...then I would suggest the 80 gig. But on the other hand, personally I think 80 gigs is WAY to much space! I own a 30 gig and its awesome.
kEat0n

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