Half my accessories won't charge my 3rd Gen Touch?!

So I just received my new iPod Touch 3rd gen the other day, and half the accessories I used for the 1st gen won't charge it. I get the message that "this accessory won't support charging" or something to that effect. This includes an APPLE wall charger for iPod!
What gives here? So far my iHome alarm clock, and my Monster FM transmitter won't charge the Touch. They will play music, but no charge. Weirdly, the iHome iH27 portable model with the Apple dock does charge, and thankfully so does the Apple dock, which I use to play music and videos thru my home theatre setup.
Is there something I'm missing that I need? Or was this deliberate for some reason?
Thank you.

I'm having the exact same problem and unfortunately did not know anything about it until this morning when I tried plugging my new iTouch 3G into my Bose SoundDock and my Monster iCarPlay auto charger and got the "Charging is not supported with this accessory" message. I googled it and found out that the problem started over a year ago when Apple came out with the iTouch 2nd gen. They changed the way it charges -- used to be compatible with firewire charging, but now is only compatible with USB charging. More info at: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-ipod-touch-second-generatio n-8gb-16gb-32gb/P5
I called Apple and spoke to a so-called "apple expert" who kept telling me my iTouch should work with the Bose system because that's what it says on the apple website: http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS836VC/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1NA&mco=MTA4NDM1NDY But as we all know, it doesn't work and Apple has obviously not bothered to update their website or train their "experts."
There's nothing we can do but buy new accessories or return the iTouch. Very disappointing. Here's a link to the same discussion forum for all the iTouch 2nd gen users with the same problem: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1707274&tstart=0
Wish I had some better news for you, but in my opinion, it's just another typical non-customer friendly move by Apple...

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