Lying Battery Meter...any suggestions?

Hi,
I have a silver 2nd Gen iPod mini, 8 months old. Its battery meter lies to me. For example, once, it said that it was almost full; but it died after 10 minutes of usage, and when I turned it on, the battery icon came up and the screen read "please connnect iPod to power." how would I solve this problem? any suggestions welcome
thanks

oh..ic..
but is the latest updaters reliable? because I've came across many posts where owners of all iPods were outraged by the new updater...I personally had some trouble with it too, but I got it all sorted out.
By the way, this lying meter has been doing this since when I got it (I'm sure) but I've only started paying attention in the past 4 months. I've done several updates to the iPod since when I got it, and its still lying...but I'll try the latest updater again.
thanks

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