Ipod battery problem - 4 weeks old

I bought an iPod nano a month ago to use while I run. Recently, the battery has stopped holding a charge. It will not dock on my mac, and I've tried using the dock and the usb cable that came with it. It will not turn on at all - it just shows the dead battery icon. However, it works fine when I connect it to my cd player (using IP-BUS cable).
What could be causing this? Do you think sweat could have got into the nano and messed it up? Do you think I can send it to Apple and have them replace the battery? PLEASE HELP!!!

i recomend sending it to apple if it is only a month old.
you could have a bad battery.
this is not the first one ive heard of
one guy did not even have a battery installed in his ipod nano
so just send it and good luck.
also you can't mess up a battery by not fully charging every time, its just a myth
JAKTHEBOMB

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