USB sees 4yr old ipod, but not brand new iphone

My friends 4 year old macbook has USB issues. It seems like they have lost some power. When we plug up my old ipod 5th gen. it works just fine. Itunes opens and it shows up in the doc. She bought an iphone 3gs and when she plugs that up, the computer beeps once, like when it's starting to charge, and then nothing. The USB port behaves as if nothing is plugged up. The guy at the apple store said the board needed repair, $280 minimum. So my question is this: Is there such a thing as a wireless USB hub, or another way to hook a hub up to it to bypass the weak usb ports?
Thanks, Kelly

There are wireless USB hubs, but whether they will solve the problem I don't know. I don't even know if an iPhone will even work through one. Do a Google search to find what's available.

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