iPhone 3G Dock / Universal Dock Adapters now on sale
By Darren Murph 
posted Jul 18th 2008 11:42AM
posted Jul 18th 2008 11:42AM
Update: So apparently these have been in Apple stores since day 1. Considering just how long it'll take to get in one, though, this whole "online route" is still probably your best bet.
[Via Wired]
Read - Apple iPhone 3G Dock
Read - iPhone 3G Universal Dock Adapter 3-Pack
These have been out since launch... Why is it labeled as "Now on sale" a week later?
well they are technically now on sale lol, the same way they will "now be on sale" tomorrow too
Yeah, I've had mine since day 2.
Apparently my post was bumped up since Engadget deleted the "FIRST!!" post. Bravo engadget! Get rid of those wasteful comments!!!
-Sorry that this was kind of a wasted post itself, but i wanted to commend you on your deletion of flame-baiters.
@ jared:
They saw you coming a mile away.
It gives Engadget another Iphone story to tell! Tomorrow 'Recycling your Iphone 3G box - we test the best ways'
@maclife,
heck no, the box is the most fun part of owning an apple product. Teh box goes in a glass case!
Don't want to hear anything about that Iphone anymore untill dev team released their unlock tool..
One more reason to dislike Apple: nickel and dime you.
[feel free to low rank me, you Apple NUBS!]
No kidding. I like Apple products, but I dislike the company when they start pulling stuff like this. Really? $29? C'mon, I know you guys can afford to throw one of these in the box to begin with.
(I ranked you up. I agree completely.)
Ya I ranked up too. Why is this dock 29 but the iPod dock is 50? Also, no charger? When I got a dock for my Clie 5 years ago for 50 it came with a charger atleast!
Yes, I also agree. With any other company, you'd expect something like this to be included.
It's like the iPod - it used to come with a dock as well. Then after a few generations, they get rid of it. Same with the Apple Remote and IR-equipped Macs. Now the MacBook comes with some odd mini-DVI port and no adapters supplied as standard.
Maybe with all this nagative publicity they will give them away for free.
And the sades part is the price of their one button mouse.
$70 for less buttons......
Karl,
They'd have to include both VGA and DVI adapters. I wish it came with both. They could still sell them as a replacement part. Too bad the price of them is the same even if you get them BTO.
Retro77,
Nah, they've been getting negative publicity for ditching the docks ever since... well, whenever they first started ditching them. I think somewhere in the middle of the iPod 4G lifecycle it went away as part of an upgrade. So you got double the disk capacity but no dock, for the same price.
Just like everyone bitched when they stopped including both FW *and* USB2.0 cables and you had to pay $20 extra if you wanted FW.
Call it nickel and diming if you want, but the other side of the coin is that you don't have to pay for stuff that you don't want. I don't use the dock for my old 4G iPod or my iPhone, so I'm happy to save the money on the purchase.
Thank you, Reid for showing us the company has a history of this.....
OMFG stop with the barrage of 3G iPhone stories! There IS OTHER NEWS OUT THERE.
THERE ARE OTHER TECH WEBSITES OUT THERE AS WELL.
Bai.
LOUD NOISES
A SCAM!!!
Really? No black flavor? My iPhone is black. And once i go black- well you know the rest.
I really do wish they'd come out with black cords, docks, power supplies, etc. as well as white. When they release the first black nano I was disappointed that all the accessories where white.
On the other hand, after seeing how finger-printy the back of the black iPhone gets I think I'll be getting a white one.
Wait did you seriously just make a post about a dock.
Cool it's like having my very own RSS feed for the Apple store, let me know about more exciting accessories please!
I am currently digging around Engadget's history to find out when they made a separate post about the Zune's car adapter.
Hm, can't find it yet...
Nice... so they release the new dock and in the process screw over the rest of us...
http://www.pocketables.net/2008/07/fyi-pre-univers.html#more
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1609275
I really like Apple... at least I try to. I have a 15'' MBP, two Mini's, and AE, an iPhone and a Nano, but sadly, the small stuff is what really pisses me off.
And Apple likes you, since you keep sending them money. And they know you'll continue to as well. That's a good boy, open your wallet for Steve. Good boy... :) :)
I'm using an old dock from my iPod 3rd gen, pre color/photo, and it charges and syncs just fine. THe only thing it says is that it was not intended for use with a phone, do you want to go to airplane mode to avoid speaker interferance (presumably because the dock has a line out)
It requires no input and is completely usable
iPhone dock? That is just meh. I would like to know when iPhone screen protectors are on sale!
I had this one in my first iPhone and now I bought one for my iPhone 3G, it's a really good product!
http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/apple-iphone-3g-cases-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php
Ha Ha $29, thats what you call Absolut PWNAGE!
Apple is such a greed troll... Take something out of the box and sell it separately.
The next iPhone will be sold in parts... Antenna $49, Chassis $19, Glass screen $59... Assemble it yourself you Steve Job feet licking worms!!!!
Oh god it's you. I thought you were pro-Apple or something a few months ago... and then anti-Apple... then pro-Apple again.
Getting the poisoned end of the fruit lately then?
iEye: Fuck of, seriously I really hate you.
I hate you too!
yeah, no one else sells dock adaptors separately.
Apple's the only one.
It's total garbage that they nickel and dime their customers for every little thing. You know that Apple Remote that everyone used to get when they purchased a new Mac? Yeah, I believe that's now $30 extra. I mean, seriously, is that truly necessary? $30 for a piece of plastic that does the same thing as a connector cable, except vertically? Absolutely ridiculous.
30$? You must have pissed off some guys in Apple. I get mine for 20.
Still a ripoff.
Came included in th box with my new iMac purchased yesterday.
I guess that is what happens when your fan base is crazed and will buy anything sold by Apple.
Oh, he forgot to mention that it's only for their notebooks, iMacs and stuff still get it for free, which I can understand. You're more likely to watch a movie on your 20" (or 24") from your bed and need it instead of on a plane or something.
Says the guy with the Microsoft logo for his picture...yep.
I use this icon to be ironic. ;) Personally I like Linux but I can never seem to get it to work just right.
I always ignore the first post in the Engadget comments sections, but what did you try to say?
I can see it now, two new accessory product lines from Apple
iNickle
and
iDime
Get yours today!
I see it now!
Dimes and Nickles with Apple's logo stamped on them!
The iDime will cost $100
and the iNickle will retail at $50!
sad thing is they would probably sell exceptionally well..
No the iNickel will cost $150....geez get it right!!!
When will you guys learn?
that companies like to make money? check.
Can someone please explain to me the purpose of a dock?? am i missing something? Is it simply so that your iphone can stand upright while it charges as opposed to laying flat on your table/nightstand/desk cause other than that i don't see any other purpose and why someone would pay $30 just to have their phone stand up....please enlighten me....