Low battery life on new 4th generation nano?

I got a 16 gb 4th gen nano yesterday. When I first turned it on, I was pleased to see that the battery was almost completely full. I took it to work, and listened to it for about an hour total, coupled with playing games on it, the charge level had drop to near half, not once, but twice (I'd brought a charger with me - the Apple charger that was recalled yesterday, ironically).
Today, it was fully charged thanks to the new 4th-gen compatible new car charger I bought when returning the recalled adapter for a refund. With the slightly over an hour of playing music and playing games for not even an hour total; the battery is now out - I've got the low battery message on screen. Do new batteries need a few charge cycles before they hit max capacity or something? Tomorrow I may recharge it and just let it play on shuffle while I leave it alone and see how long it lasts, but it still seems like it lasted pretty short.
Any thoughts?

I am having a similar problem with my nano 4g battery. I just bought this on Monday. Got it home, set the language, time zone and time then plugged it into my computer to synch it. When I got it out of the box it was 3/4 charged. Before the synch was even done the nano showed it was fully charged. After synching I unplugged it from the computer and clicked a few buttons on the nano and immediately a little sliver of the battery display had gone down! I hadn't even played 1 song yet.
I plugged it back into my computer and the nano still showed it fully charged. yet when I unplugged it, it still showed it as a little bit of the battery having been used. I played 1 or 2 songs and the battery went display went down a little more.
That night I plugged the nano into the wall with my adapter (we've had this one a while so it can't be one of the new ones that was recalled and we've charged other iPods with it) and let it sit overnight. The next morning I unplugged the nano clicked around on it a few times and again the battery display went down a sliver. I thought maybe it was a display issue, figured I'd take it to work and give it a try. After about 1-1/2 hours of listening (occasionally pausing it), the battery display was down to about 1/2.
I charged it again on the computer. This time it took between 1-2 hours on the computer for it to show fully charged. Brought it to work again today and the same darn thing is happening with the battery display. I have not tried running it overnight or for several hours to see if it drains completely.
I have it set to Energy Saver.
Are lots having these battery issues? Not sure if I should take it back to Best Buy and exchange it for another one just yet.
Brian, if you read this, did your restoring end up really helping? Seems like you shouldn't have to do that and re-install software that was already on the nano when you purchased it, but if that completely fixed your battery problem, I'll give it a try.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

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