Help!my ipod only plays when its in the dock :(

a couple of weeks ago I couln't get my ipod to turn on unless it was in the dock (I've got those little speakers that charge while it plays) so I tried resetting it but nothing happened. I was going to send it off to get it repaired, but tried resetting it one more time and it came on - the only thing is no matter how long it's charged for every time I unplug it, it says the battery is empty, so now it'll only play when it's plugged into the speakers. I'm assuming the battery's a duffer, I only got it at Christmas. Can anyone help??
any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Hi,
Same thing happened to a friend of mine.
You need to get it repaired - I don't know where in the UK you live, but if you have access to one of the Apple Stores take it in, other than that take it back to where it was bought, you are obviously under warrantee.
My friends was a duff battery, and they replaced the iPod.

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