IPod Classic 160Gb - Skipping issues

Hi all,
Recently I have updated my iPod Classic 160gb to the new version.
I have noticed the following:
When I push >>| (next) button to go to the next track, the next track sometimes
will start playing in the middle of that song!
All my songs are mp3, I don't know that their bitrate (192, 384 or vbr, ...)
I only noticed this behavior yesterday.
Has anyone noticed this too?
Is there a solution for it?
I only have 4400 songs on it ....

The issues are real. A thread that had over 100 posts about itunes and the classic ipod freezing has been locked and no one can post anything more. Just to post what I have already posted:
I have a new 160 gb Silver model. The ipod and itunes frezes after it is recognized by itunes. Itunes freezes half way through the sync process when only sycning one album. It will freeze for 80 seconds and then the rest of the songs will sync. It will then freeze up again for 80 seconds, and then after all the songs are synced, it will freeze one more time before I have full use. I have tried 2 160gb ipods, I've restored and added a library. I have bought a new computer from a previous XP. My new Vista operating syatem does the exact same thing. Tech support is clueless and cannot add anything to why this is happening. I have the latest version of itunes and the latest software version for the ipod.

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