PLEASE! BATTERY HELP IPOD NANO

Please help me, i have just recieved my ipod nano about 2-3 weeks ago and i love it, but the battery last alot less than 14 hours. It is about half empty after only a hour or so of playing music only. I always put the hold on and use a short backlight and dont play games but i still cant figure out why the battery will not last 14 hours.

The battery indicator can get out of sync and be visually inaccurate. There is a specific battery test to follow to determine if your battery is faulty and worthy of replacement by Apple.
Here's a whole section on iPod battery information. --> http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/power/
In addition here's a link also on the the above page to a specific document about the Battery Status indicator --> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61475
Best Regards-
Randy

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