My iPod Touch [gen 3] battery suddenly is lasting less than an hour.

I've had my iPod since the summer of 2010. It's worked fine up until the last week or so. My original cord's white covering started to fray and you can see the silver wire protection, so I bought a new one. That one worked fine, but then it started giving me a screen on my iPod that said "Charging is not compatible with this accessory." And about three months ago, that cord just stopped working all together. So, I switched back to my original after putting electrical tape on it and it charges with no problem now. Well, now it's three months later and my iPod is suddenly only holding a charge for less than an hour. I put it on the charger when I go to bed, and take it off when I wake up. The only other time it goes on my charger is when it dies suddenly, or if I'm listening to it in my car because it charges it automatically when I plug it in through the USB cord to my CD player in my car. But, I'm really ticked off that it's already breaking because it's only 2 years old, and I can't afford another one.
Does anyone know what could possibly be making my iPod die so fast? I have notifications turned off of most of my apps, the only exception is Draw Something, Facebook, and Words With Friends. I have my brightness at the medium setting. And I've deleted a lot of apps this morning in case that was the problem. I don't listen to music that often on it, when I do it's when I plug it into my car. I mostly play games and stuff, but I took it off the charger an hour and fifteen minutes ago, and within 45 minutes I got the notification that I had 20% battery left.

1. Check the cycle count of the battery. It may be due for replacement.
2. If not, follow these instructions.
3. You can also try resetting the SMC.
4. Make sure your system is up to date in Software Update.
5. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service center.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
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*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

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