Ipod feels a big laggy. 4g gen click wheel was quicker

when i press next on my new 5g ipod w/ video it takes up to 3 seconds to actualy start playing the next song [during these 3 seconds, the song continues to play] and then another second to show the name of the new song.
my 4g gen click wheel ipod didn't do this. it was very quick to display the name of the song it was about to play, and the HD spinup was usualy a lot quicker.
would a restore fix this?

yeah, I admit it. so many users have complain about it. it's well known bug. so we can do nothing about it until Apple will release next ipod updater to fix this problem.
there are few symptons I have discovered so far.
1. sometimes, I can't see album art when I play a song even I can find album art already in there.
2. when I skip bunch of songs continually, sometimes ipod restart wihtout reason. and show Apple mark.
3. when I plug off after updating from itunes, it delayed to show normal menu. it still shows 'do not disconnected' for several seconds to minutes (50 seconds to 2 minutes).
4. like you said, reaction is not faster as much as 4G ipod (or ipod photo).

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