batteries

I'm not sure what the heck is going on. Everything powered by rechargeable batteries I've had in the last little while has been dying on me. First my laptop battery went, so I ordered a new one. That one came in the mail and it wouldn't hold a charge either. Then my cell phone. That needs to be constantly charged too. Then the Sony Clie I borrowed wouldn't hold a charge longer than a day so I switched to a hand-me-down, hardly used Pocket PC. As soon as I got the software going and the thing synced, that died yesterday too. I love portable electronics but they obviously don't like me.