ITunes AND iMac won't recognize

Hello all! I just recently got an iMac (10.4.11 but will be upgrading very shortly to 10.6). I have an iPad, iPhone, and iPod, but this is my first Mac computer (I have always been a Windows guy......no need to comment on that). I am trying to plug my iPhone into the computer and it is not recognizing it at all. Same goes with the iPad. I am running iTunes 9.2 right now (can't upgrade to iTunes 10 until I upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6). I have tried 4 different USB cables, ALL the USB slots, both on the computer and keyboard. Nothing seems to work. It won't even charge the device (I know it won't for the iPad). I hope that this is a software issue, ie. not using 10.6. Any help would be appreciated.

Via "About this Mac":
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM41.0055.B08
SMC Version: 1.1f5
I assume it is a decent Mac (My university upgraded a lot of the Macs on campus and were giving these away for free).
I ran the Repair Permissions, and that did not work. I looked at the USBs and one of them was showing iPhone. So it does see that it is there. I will be upgrading to 10.6 here in an hour or so.

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