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  1. #16
    DevilsPGD
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    Re: No docking Station with the new iPhone ?

    In message <[email protected]> Tim
    Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > DevilsPGD <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >> Okay, so you're saying you can connect an iPhone to iTunes with a
    >> parallel or SCSI cable?

    >
    >You connect it with the cable that will be included in the box.
    >
    >All they've done is stop including the *dock*. The cable is still
    >there. If you buy a dock, you can plug the cable into the dock, and
    >then put the iPhone in the dock. Without a dock, you plug the cable
    >directly into the iPhone.
    >
    >What the dock gives you is:
    >
    >(1) Convenience. You can easily dock the phone with one hand. With the
    >cable, you probably will need both hands.
    >
    >(2) The phone sitting in the dock is up at an angle where you can easily
    >read it. If a call comes in, you could easily read the caller ID and
    >decide whether to pick up or not. If the phone is hooked straight to
    >the cable, it is probably sitting flat on your desk, so you may not have
    >a good view of the display.
    >
    >(3) The dock provides a line-out, which would be convenient for hooking
    >the phone to your sound card or to a desktop stereo, if you wanted to
    >use it as a music player.


    Understood. I'm a bit of a cradle/dock fan, with virtually all of my
    devices having one, mainly for cable control.

    I was just trying to figure out what "Ron" is talking about when he
    refers to the lack of SCSI cable being included with an iPhone, since
    the iPhone doesn't have a SCSI interface.



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  2. #17
    DevilsPGD
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    Re: No docking Station with the new iPhone ?

    In message <[email protected]> Tim
    Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > "Kevin Weaver" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> I see that apple took away the docking station that came in the box with the
    >> 1.0
    >>
    >> 2.0 owner's will have to pony up 29.99 for one.
    >> Another gotcha from apple.

    >
    >Why would they need to buy a dock?


    Some of us like docks.

    >It only has minor advantages over
    >plugging the cable (which is included with iPhone 2.0, just as it was
    >with 1.0) directly into the iPhone.


    It also keeps cable clutter down, which is my big incentive.



  3. #18
    Todd Allcock
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    Re: No docking Station with the new iPhone ?

    At 16 Jun 2008 01:04:33 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:

    > >It only has minor advantages over
    > >plugging the cable (which is included with iPhone 2.0, just as it was
    > >with 1.0) directly into the iPhone.

    >
    > It also keeps cable clutter down, which is my big incentive.



    That's why the Good Lord gave us Bluetooth! ;-) (Not that the iPhone can
    use it, of course...)





  4. #19
    Tim Smith
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    Re: No docking Station with the new iPhone ?

    In article <[email protected]>,
    "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <[email protected]> wrote:

    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Tim Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > > (3) The dock provides a line-out, which would be convenient for hooking
    > > the phone to your sound card or to a desktop stereo, if you wanted to
    > > use it as a music player.

    >
    > ....b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but.......
    >
    >
    > .......since you're synchronizing it with iTunes while it's plugged in,
    > then you just play your music straight from iTunes and not from the
    > iPod.....
    >
    >
    > ..............ummmmmmmmmm.........


    Ah, but what if I don't have my iTunes library on that computer? I have
    more than one computer, but only keep my iTunes library on one of them.

    Suppose at work you've got a computer, and you have a software VOIP
    phone, so you want to keep your headphones plugged into the computer. I
    could see hooking up an iPod to the line-in on the computer, so you can
    use the computer's sound system to listen to the music your iPod is
    playing, rather than having the hassle of having to move you headphones
    between the computer and iPod when you get a phone call, or having to
    have two sets of headphones.

    --
    --Tim Smith



  5. #20
    DevilsPGD
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    Re: No docking Station with the new iPhone ?

    In message <[email protected]> Todd Allcock
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >At 16 Jun 2008 01:04:33 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:
    >
    >> >It only has minor advantages over
    >> >plugging the cable (which is included with iPhone 2.0, just as it was
    >> >with 1.0) directly into the iPhone.

    >>
    >> It also keeps cable clutter down, which is my big incentive.

    >
    >That's why the Good Lord gave us Bluetooth! ;-) (Not that the iPhone can
    >use it, of course...)


    I've been using Bluetooth for some years, but my AT&T Tilt just won't
    seem to hold a charge unless I use the USB cable instead of Bluetooth.



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