Corruption of devices by charging from iBook

Hi. my problem seems so wierd that I haven't really trawled the forums for an answer but here goes. I have charged 2 Motorola V3i phones from my iBook G4 (having to return then to the dealer for a replacement each time). Both became 'corrupt' - ie: I couldn't use the phone at all. I only put 2 and 2 together after the second phone 'died'- The common factor being the charge from the iBook. Then, stupidly forgetting these happenings I bought a new iPod, charged it up from the iBook, copied all my iTunes over. Great all seemed fine, till I went onto the iTunes store to buy a new album! I went to update the iPod and got a -48 Unknown Error message! This basically said that the iPod could not be updated and the only way to do so was to do a reset. I tried the iPod on 2 other Macs I have, only to experience the same result! I took it back to the dealer and initially they got it to work after a reset and updating from the inStore MacBook Pro. However knowing what I knew about my phone experience I tried it again on my iBook before leaving the dealer. Same thing. He said he's never seen anything like it and thankfully gave me a new iPod. My dilema is that I am now scared to plug the iPod into the iBook and as I use this Mac loads (it has all my iLife stuff on it and I love using it) for fear of corrupting the iPod. It's almost as though the ibook is somehow damaging the electronics/battery of these devices. Does anyone have an answer! I know buying a new MacBook/Pro laptop would be the ideal answer but even then I am worried about that becoming 'infected' with the same problem! Is there such a thing as 'bad electricity'?Thanks
iBook G4 1.33 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 768Mb Ram Bluetooth + Airport Xtreme
iBook G4 1.33 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 768Mb Ram Bluetooth + Airport Xtreme

Hi, just so you know, it's not the iBook that's the problem. Turns out there's a major issue with the latest iPods. I returned mine to the store and got a refund as I was so hacked off!
Thanks for your comments earlier.

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