IPod Shuffle won't Power on

My son recieved an iPod shuffle from Santa for Christmas this year. When I put it on the docking station it will synch up and then turn green immediately. When it is removed from the charger it will not power on. I have tried everything on this site and other forums that I could find, including complete removal and reinstall of software, restoring and resetting of the device. Does anyone have any suggestions?

When I power it on I get nothing at all. No three blinks or continous. Music does not play, nothing happens at all. I purchased an apple wall charger for it as well and this didn't work either.
To be clear, when I plug it into the docking station it synchs up and then the green light stays on indicating it is charged. I remove it from the dock and turn it on and absolutely nothing happens.
My daughter also received one of these and it works fine.
My only thought was that maybe where I had them both plugged in to USB ports on the same computer that something happened to the one that is not working now. It hung maybe???

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xx xx

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