Ipod 4 giving me electric shocks

When my ipod touch gen4 is plugged into the wall charger it gives me an electric shock. I have been to apple and swapped my ipod for a new one and that ipod is doing exactly the same, i also tried a different wall adaptor, usb cord and different powerpoint and the ipod is still giving me a shock. This shock has also gotten stronger when i downloaded iso6 to my ipod. Has anyone else had the same problem?

Ungrounded wallsockets should not be fatal for a MacBook Pro as long as there aren't too many surges and spikes in the powergrid where you live. If you don't have a choice in using ungrounded sockets, or if you're getting static electricity shocks even when you are using a grounded wallsocket, you could look towards solutions like these:
http://www.amazon.com/b?node=1069150
Alternatively, you could get a surge protector http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keyw ords=Surge+Protection&rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3ASurge+Protection

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