IPhone killed my MBP USB Port

Got my shiny new iphone 3g, went home, plugged it into my shiny new MBP. I plugged it into the USB port nearest the power supply. Right away, the iphone started intermittently connecting/reconnecting. I jiggled the cable, checked a few things, seemed to be the phone. GREAT. So i plugged it into the other usb port, nearest the power button. No problems.
The problem is, now the USB port nearest the power plug won't work with anything. It intermittently disconnects external drives, USB jump drives, etc. Makes it impossible for using anything -- even a mouse.
Anyone else experience this? It's 100% re-produceable, i plug the iphone it, it attempts to do the 3 hour backup (sarcasm there) and then beeps as it disconnects. Then iphoto opens again as it re-connects. Ad-infinitum.

I've been using my google-fu to investigate.
It's not limited to just me, it seems pretty wide-spread. It also appears to have something to do with iPhone crashing the usb2.0 driver on the MBP. I have a genius bar meeting tomorrow night, i can hobble around it till then.

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