IPOD battery .. help needed

i bought one 30gb ipod a month back .. ( may 26)
my IPOD battery gets charged within 2 hours !! ( the battery symbol show a "Charged" sign ) ...
also i think i am not getting the right battery life out of my ipod ( i am expecting atleast 10 hrs play .. is that ok???) ... basically my ipod drains off after around 5 - 6 hours of play ....
any suggestion on this .. is welcome

Apple used the best battery technology that was
available and for the price. I have yet to just sit
and listen to my IPOD for 13 hours straight, 6 hours
maybe but not what the battery is rated at in terms
of hours. How the songs are encoded also affect how
long the battery lasts. No two batteries are going to
give exactly the same results.
A lithium-ion battery provides 300-500
discharge/charge cycles. The battery prefers a
partial rather than a full discharge. Frequent full
discharges should be avoided when possible. Instead,
charge the battery more often. There is no concern of
memory when applying unscheduled charges.
Although lithium-ion is memory-free in terms of
performance deterioration, batteries with fuel gauges
exhibit what engineers refer to as "digital memory".
Here is the reason: Short discharges with subsequent
recharges do not provide the periodic calibration
needed to synchronize the fuel gauge with the
battery's state-of-charge. A deliberate full
discharge and recharge every 30 charges corrects this
problem. Letting the battery run down to the cut-off
point in the IPOD will do this. If ignored, the fuel
gauge will become increasingly less accurate.
Simple Guidelines:
Avoid frequent full discharges because this puts
additional strain on the battery. Several partial
discharges with frequent recharges are better for
lithium-ion than one deep one. Recharging a partially
charged lithium-ion does not cause harm because there
is no memory. (In this respect, lithium-ion differs
from nickel-based batteries.)
I am sure you have already read this but here is for
those who have not:
IPODs Battery Indicator -
ttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61475
IPOD Batttery Questions -
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=62018
Hi
Thanks for your help. One question when you listen to it like you mentioned do you change songs frequently or just let it play?

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