IPod touch shuts down constantly, cant turn back on

I bought a 3g 32gb iPod touch less than 2 weeks ago, and i think i may have a faulty battery. If it is in sleep mode it will quite often turn itself right off or freeze. Once it does, I can't turn it back on. Any button i press is unresponsive, even when i try a reset. If i try to charge/sync to the computer, i get the low battery symbol, even though it is fully charged. I can't get it to turn on most of the time, except occasionally when i hook up the usb cord, i will get lucky and it will turn on.
When connected to a computer, itunes doesn't register that an ipod is attached.
After every random shut down, the time/date is set to dec 31/69 at 5:00. Any ideas?
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I personally would return it if it's so new.
If you don't want to return it I would try restoring it to factory specs, but how will that last if it helps? A day, a month, forever? No one knows.

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