HELP!!!! iPod wont stop resetting!!!

So today I went somewhere with my family and my iPod died out on me. When I resetted it while in the car, it showed a picture of a little sad iPod with "x's" for the eyes and an exclamation mark next to it. I thought by simply recharging it, the problem would be solved. When I got home and I recharged it for a bout twenty minutes on an iHome dock, I pulled it off the charger. Then it just started resetting itself over and over and over again until the battery died. I plugged it in my computer and a screen showed up on the iPod that said, "Please wait. Very low battery." It has a little wheel type thing that is moving which means it's not frozen. But it's been on 'low battery' for the past 7 hours when it only takes an iPod to be fully charged in 4 hours. When I unplugged it from the USB, it started to continuously reset again without me holding down the required buttons. HELP ANYONE?!?
Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP iPod Video

I was reading that article earlier in the evening. However, it didn't really help much. I think I probably just need to take it in to the Apples store or something to get it checked out.

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