Apple's iPhone dock includes Bluetooth headset charger -- but is it free?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted June 27th 2007 11:10AM
posted June 27th 2007 11:10AM
Update: Our sources let us know that it's included in the box with the headset -- no wonder it's gonna cost about $120.
[Via TUAW, thanks Aaron P.]
Read -- Included dock
Read -- Q&A page
Oh Apple...
you kill the iPod wall charger only to bring it back for the iPhone...
Guess their market research results indicated that people dont want to charge their phone through a computer
@ daedalus
This is because the iPhone can only be synced to one computer so you will either need to have a separate charger for the office or home, whichever place you don't have your iPhone dock. iPods last a good deal longer than the iPhone will last despite its impressive, reported battery life.
Then again, it may just be an additional option, like with the Bluetooth earphone also in that pic. I think Apple charges $20 or $30 for the wall charger However, if you are a long time iPod user you can just use one of those FireWire dongles and wall chargers you got so long ago. They will charge faster than USB, too.
what's worse, the headset is mono. As shipped, Iphone will not support stereo bluetooth headphones. (for that, they would have to enable A2DP)
that's an ultra small dock connector
Up its free, check out the tec specs page
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Is it just me or does the headset part of the dock look photoshopped?
photoshopped or not its on the apple website so i assume it is real.
Regarding the headset-charging dock, maybe Apple has done the sensible thing and included a standard dock with the iPhone package, and the alternative headset version with the headset itself.
Let's hope so
whats the link to the iphone free news feed?
You could just use the search tool, you know.
let me rephrase, how do I execute this query, "show me all news posts except for those with the tag iphone"
Seems to me they can't decide what color scheme they want to use. Reminds me of an over-rated OS I used at school once.
so, you get a dock sans port for bluetooth headset with the iPhone. but when yo buy apple's bluetoooth headset, you get a new dock with that the has the port for the headset.
sounds fair to me. i like my Motoroall H700 just fine, so i'll just roll with that.
my only question is, is the iPhone compatible with the cable that i sync my 1st-gen nano with?
Tony: Yes - "iPhone has the same 30-pin dock connector as the iPod, so many properly designed accessories can be used with both iPhone and iPod."
sweet, thanks!
Look at the Apple page - I think there are two docks.
The one in the "Setting up iPhone" is the stubby one from before. I wonder if that one comes with iPhone and the combo charging dock comes with the headset.
I don't see the Apple logo on it. It must be on there, right? They wouldn't *not* put it on, would they? Hold me.
Only Apple logo on the docs is stamped into the rubber base on the bottom. If you mean the headset...I don't know where it's logo is.
Anyone else notice this?
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
I'm assuming this is cellular functions...
Every device has a maximum operating altitude. Apple even posts the same specs for the iMac. http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMac_Late_2006.html
I would imagine this isn't an Apple-specific shortcoming, I just believe other manufacturers aren't as forthcoming with the operating limits of their equipment. (Though to be honest, I haven't really searched... just spent about 30 seconds on Dell's site, couldn't find it on their specs pages)
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Notice the dock with the BT headset charger is just that, a charger not a dock. The 30 pin cable cannot plug into it, rather it looks like it has an attached powercord. No syncing then, strictly power?
Would you not sync over wi-fi or Edge?
It will be an upgrade dock. The docks which are mounted on the in-store displays do NOT show this functionality. In fact, they look almost identical to the iPod's dock connectors (except they are a single piece of molded plastic). Expect to spend more on the headset dock.
Anyone else notice that the BT headset looks like it will use the magsafe connector?
This is a 3rd party from an Asian maker.. Look at the style of the prong on the wall plug..
I have seen no indication that the price of the iPhone bluetooth headset is $120 or $129 or anything like that. This price has come from unconfirmed rumor sites. I believe that someone has mistaken the price of the Jawbone headset, which sells at the AT&T stores for $129. Someone (probably the Jawbone manufacturer) put out a bunch of press releases that claimed the Jawbone headset would be "sold along with the iPhone at AT&T stores." Well yeah, that headset has been selling at those stores for months now. But it has nothing to do with the iPhone, except that they're trying to cash in on the iPhone hype.
Another couple of thoughts about the charging of the headset.
The end of the headset has four dots, which could be holes for the microphone, or two of them could be holes for the mic and two could be charging contacts. If all four are for the microphone it's possible that the headset is charged using a contactless induction system, like that used for rechargeable toothbrushes.
Either way, the headset would need the dock in order to be charged (there doesn't seem to be provision for plugging in a charger), in which case the dock would have to be included with the headset.