IPod Nano continuously Syncs

New Nano (Christmas present). Has been working fine (and still does) but now seems to display that is continuously is syncing with iTunes when ever it is plugged in. I plug it into my computer. iTunes is open. The Nano is recognized and then it begins to sync. The podcasts and photos sync fine. iTunes indicates that everything is finished, but the Nano continues to demonstrate the "circled arrows" and it says "Connected: Eject before disconnecting". This continues for hours, even though iTunes indicates nothing is going on. I eject via iTunes and everything ejects without a problem and the Nano works fine.
I have restored the Nano (1.02) and still the same thing.
Computer: Dell XPS One 2710, Windows7
iTunes: 11.0.1.12
iPod Nano: 1.0.2 (360MB available)
This has been reported before: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1241663
Any advice?
Chris
Houston, TX
USA

How to "force" the iPod into disk mode.
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