Backup takes very very long

I have a 2g ipod touch with os3 and a mac with current system and updates.
It seems to be taking a very long time for my ipod touch to backup. The info from Apple on backup says "Automatically backed-up information includes text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, and more....Other media files (such as songs, videos, and some photos) aren’t backed up..."
Yet it takes over half an hour to backup, not including the sync. Why is this?
Thanks,
Paul

Thanks F Shippey and luvlabs for your replies. From the Apple documents that I quoted in my question, I had assumed that it did not matter how much music/videos etc. I had since they were not backed up: "...Other media files (such as songs, videos, and some photos) aren’t backed up....." it was the settings and a subset of photos that is backed up. So yes I do have a 16Gig touch with about 5Gig of stuff. I would have hoped that the backup would have been "smart" and not backup the same stuff over and over, and rather look to see what was changed and perform an incremental backup.
I guess I don't understand exactly what is backed up, as it seems to be everything, despite Apple's documentation, and I don't know why it isn't incremental. I guess if my ipod crashes, or I won't question the backup time if I just get it all recovered.
At least I know now that ny situatino is not out lof line with what others experience.
Thanks again,
Paul

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