Why isn't my iPod touch 3rd gen not turning on?

Okay, so I turned my off and put it in my purse to go into a store. When I came out, not but at least 10-15 minutes later, I can't turn my iPod back on. It wasn't about to die when I turned it off, but I just assumed it died. I went home and but it on charge, then about an hour later when I went to check it, it still hadn't turned on. I tried holding the sleep button, holding the sleep and home screen button together for 10-30 seconds several times, and even plugging it into my computer but acted as if there wasn't anything plugged into the computer at all, (it didn't even pick it out I guess is another way of saying it?) I don't understand why it won't turn on, it was working perfectly. Perhaps the fact the it was 3 years old? Is there any hope in my iPod ever turning on again? Any advice or tricks would be much appreciated. Thank you.

After charging for half an hour, place the iPod in recovery mode and see if iTunes wll see it so you can restore the iPod. For recovery mode see:
iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to update or restore

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