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LOL, what is up with Engadget's spelling lately? Budget cuts made it hard to proof-read?

But seriously, these are WAY overpriced.]]>Jul 30th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
Apple = overpriced

Dont get me wrong - nice products and all, but as soon as you take the path of proprietary based peripherals you are certainly looking to corner the market. Which they have done with precision and grace - (all the while fleecing the customers along the way)]]>Jul 30th 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Ridax first "third party" to overprice iPhone 3G charging adapter.
]]>Jul 31st 2008 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 30th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/The 3G doesn't support charging over USB, but all other models do.

TEG]]>Jul 31st 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
The 2G iPod looked exactly like the 1G but was 10% thinner and traded the mechanical scroll wheel for a trackpad-like one. It still used the full-size FireWire connector on top for charging and syncing.

The 3G iPod, with the four touch-sensitive buttons above the scroll wheel, was the first model to incorporate the 30-pin dock connector.]]>Jul 31st 2008 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
Apple gives you a cable for charging via USB]]>Jul 31st 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
Interesting to know that the 3G iPod does not support USB charging. I know my 4G came with a firewire cable but my 2G nano doesn't support the FW cable.]]>Jul 31st 2008 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
Or, if you wanted something small to carry about in case you need an emergency charge get one of those booster batteries that plugs into the dock port! That would work anywhere for the same price!

What a worthless product!

]]>Jul 31st 2008 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
The iPhone 3G only charges over USB (5v) so if I'm not mistaken this is the only device with an iPod dock connector so far that'll not charge with the firewire pins.

There's no need to worry about damaging it by giving it too much voltage though, firewire power (8v to 30v) would go to pins 19 & 20 on the dock connector where as USB power should always be 5v and goes to pin 23.
Pins 19 & 20 are not connected on the iPhone 3G. ]]>Jul 31st 2008 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Thankfully the Apple dock that came with the 3G does work with the UK USB power adapter that came with the phone so switching the back end means I have one simple drop in charger/line out solution.

I guess I'll be looking for 2+ cheap firewire>USB dock convertors or two new docks :(

Now to see what two different generation Alpine head units make of it...

Thanks a bunch Apple, break the video out with the Classic line and now charging with the 3G iPhone - what's next changing the audio out pins just for the heck of it?]]>Jul 31st 2008 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
More importantly, why didn't they make this universal dock compatible so that it just mounts in there and has some support?]]>Jul 31st 2008 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.iphone-3g-mobile.com/APPLE-IPHONE/WHERE-TO-BUY-THE-MOST-EXPENSIVE-IPHONE-3G-CHARGER-FROM-RIDAX
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Just for the record, I agree that $40 is steep for what it does. I will end up waiting to see what others come out with that is cheaper.]]>Jul 31st 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
Anyway, all of the iphone/ipod accessories are really overpriced. The "dock adapter" for iphone is $10 and it's just a curved, .5oz piece of plastic!

All of these accessories are high margin because the product itself is high margin, and they know that those customers will pay that premium.]]>Jul 31st 2008 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
It is good that there are so skilled people writing for engadget that think a simple resistor would do the trick.
]]>Jul 31st 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
(If you only used one, the voltage drop across the resistor would be dependant on the current the iphone is drawing - instead, you have to use a voltage divider, which consists of two resistors, which will always give you a set percentage of the input voltage.)

The battery charging IC inside the 3G is specifically designed to charge from USB, and therefore only spec'ed to input 5 +/- 1 volts, so it can't handle the 12V input from the firewire pins from before. Why Apple couldn't include the two tiny resistors onboard themselves - that's another question entirely.]]>Jul 31st 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/]]>Jul 31st 2008 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Aug 1st 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Jul 31st 2008 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/Aug 2nd 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
I have a car iPod interface kit that works fine with my iPhone except that it doesn't charge it. Would I just be able to plug this adapter inline between my car's dock connector and my iPhone, with no additional connections?]]>Aug 6th 2008 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
http://cablejive.com/iphone_3g_charge_converter.html]]>Aug 6th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/30/ridax-first-company-to-overcharge-for-iphone-3g-charging-adapter/
And FYI, I'm using it with the Peripheral Electronics ipod/car adapter kit and a 2002 Toyota Camry.]]>Oct 18th 2008 3:53PM