Ipod battery drain and overheat

Hi, I have a third gen Ipod 32 gb, and it heats up very fast and its battery drains within an hour. I have shut down all background applications, and backed it up TWICE. I have also recently updated the software to iOS 5.0.1. I also own an Iphone 3GS and an Iphone 4, but no such problems occur at all. I have had the Ipod for a year or two, and am only noticing problems now. There is also a problem with some applications which will not download. They stay on the loading screen, with the bar where the name of the app should be. The bar does not move, and it is like this for almost 50 of the apps on the Ipod. there is also an app that has not loaded for a long time, and asks continuously and annoyingly for another users password, who logged onto Itunes to download it, then logged off. What to do??? PS: not relevant but maybe, I use a laptop PC (not a mac) to back up via Itunes, and have not jailbroken or messed with the ipod in any way.

I would try the standardfixes to rule out a software problem:
- Reset. Nothings will be lost.
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
- Restore from Backup
- Restore to factory defaults/new iPod.
If you still have a problem it is likely due to a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

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