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Severed Hand of Skywalker · Dec 11, 2005, 04:42 PM

Remember the new iPods do not sync with firewire and you have to pay the shipping.

http://www.macminute.com/2005/12/11/...cketdock-ipod/

ghporter · 05:31 PM

Interesting. Now I have to figure out which generation my iPod is... Let's see, it's a Photo iPod (or is it iPod Photo?) with a 60GB drive... I know! It's Thursday! No that's wrong. It's a 4G model, so I think it's firewire compatible.

Added: Yep. Mine is an "iPod with color display" or "iPod Photo" as listed here.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Dec 11, 2005, 05:50 PM

Well it will charge any iPod (except the shuffle) over firewire so might as well go for it.

I got suckered by this deal and also ordered this:
https://www.sendstation.com/us/products/earbuddy/

Krypton · Dec 11, 2005, 06:07 PM

Hmmm I got one on impulse as was the intention, forgot it doesn't work with the current models (not a problem for me, but other family members with newer models maybe).

hickey · Dec 11, 2005, 06:37 PM

i picked one up for my dad, im giving him my third generation 10gig model.

Anyone know the usual shipping time from this place?

mdc · Dec 11, 2005, 07:03 PM

i ordered two of the earbuddys. one for me and one for a friend for christmas. i'll take a free pocketdock thanks.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Dec 11, 2005, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by hickey

i picked one up for my dad, im giving him my third generation 10gig model.

Anyone know the usual shipping time from this place?

They tell you on their website.

Eug Wanker · Dec 11, 2005, 09:47 PM

Instead of paying the $6 shipping for the PocketDock I just ordered one of these instead for the same price:

I already have a retractable Firewire one which I'll leave at work, and I also have a retractable dock connector to stereo plug one too. Both work great with my iPod mini.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Dec 12, 2005, 02:32 AM

One I could handle in my pocket, the other I could not.

Eug Wanker · Dec 12, 2005, 07:10 AM

Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker

One I could handle in my pocket, the other I could not.

Well, YMMV. For you it works since you probably have lots of Firewire cables where you take your iPod. For some people who deal with a lot of Windows machines, things may be different. Often times some have only 4-pin Firewire, and some have no Firewire at all. Having a small USB 2.0 cable can be much more practical. The retractable cable is quite compact too, and fits nicely in a pocket, but yeah, it's nowhere near as nice as a tiny adapter size-wise of course.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Dec 12, 2005, 02:06 PM

To each his own

Dork. · Dec 12, 2005, 03:08 PM

Meh. I had just ordered one of these Pocketdocks from the Apple Store for something like $12. I figured it was the best solution for charging either my wife's nano or my ancient 1G iPod from the same place (the 1G used to be hers, until I got her the nano. All you married fellows know what I mean.

)

But I grabbed another one of these, anyway. They seem very useful, even if I can only use it with the nano for charging.

crooner · Dec 12, 2005, 04:57 PM

Hey, Severed Hand of Skywalker,
thanks for the tip! Very cool of you.

IFLY2HIGH · Dec 12, 2005, 05:22 PM

Picked one up just for the heck of it, lol...

Thanks for the info...

Dork. · Dec 12, 2005, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by crooner

Hey, Severed Hand of Skywalker,
thanks for the tip!

(get it.... severed.... tip.... oh, never mind.

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Cadaver · Dec 13, 2005, 09:43 PM

I've had two of these for a while for my 3G iPod. They're very handy.
I bought a USB/audio line out one last week for my 5G.