IPod touch 3rd Gen won't finish app updates or movie download.

App updates would get stuck and stop downloading, so after trying different things I have restored to factory 5.01 without restoring any apps or data. That didn't work. App downloads hang, App updates hang. Movie downloads then after processing and seemingly finished stops with with "Unable to download now could not be downloaded this time"
I have tried external power and without, on, locked and always unlocked. Nothing works. I have managed to get one app download in about 30 trys and zero movies.
Please don't say something lame like "you can connect it to your itunes and download them there and synch" What is the point of that?
I do this exact same stuff on the same network, same account, same wifi, with two ipads, two iphone 4's, and a 4th gen touch. This device has always had update isues especially more than 2 or 3 apps.
Since all my other devices work, it seems this ipod touch may have had a problem since the get-go. But, it still could be something like the way it this exact device is handled on my account at Apple or something.
What can I do?

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