IPhone not recognized/charging from laptop

I just tried to connect my iPhone so I could dump my video via Image Capture to my laptop & my iPhone will not charge when connected or recognized my iTunes or Image Capture.
I know both USBs are working because i hooked an external drive to my aptop and it was recognized right away.
Any ideas why this is happening & how to fix?

A few thoughts, in no particular order of things you can try:
Do you have the most current version of iTunes (8.2) ?? It's required for the 3GS.
Try resetting your iPhone, then try syncing again. Reboot your computer, try syncing again.
Try doing an SMC reset (google your mac model and how to do an SMC reset) and perhaps a PRAM reset as well.
Reset your iSync -- it's in your Application folder -- go into iSync, Preferences, click on "Reset Sync History" let it do it's thing, then close out of iSync and try syncing again.

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