Thinking of getting that dock extender for your iPhone? Read this 1st
I recently tried using the new Sendstation dock extender to allow docking of my iPhone WITHOUT having to remove the Belkin clear plastic (very hard to remove as well as put on - for disabled folks like myself especially) from the iPhone. Like many others, I also use the Apple Bluetooth headset and love the elegance of the combo phone/bluetooth dock that Apple supplies with the Bluetooth headset. Very nice. I also wanted to stick with this case as I felt it gave the most protection without obscuring the beauty of Apple's hardware design.
UNFORTUNATELY, the Sendstation dock extender (which works fine in Universal iPod docks) does not fit very well at all in either the standard iPhone dock or the iPhone/Bluetooth combo dock - yes, even with the little stand gadget they include with the different rubber bumpers to adjust for different models of iPods. In the combo dock, it's a little tenous and it seems that the pins of the connectors could bend really easily given how flimsy the seating of the phone on top of the port is.
This is a business opportunity for someone (make an extender that is better designed, basically) OR Sendstation needs to get busy and make an insert that sits IN both the standard iPhone dock as well as the Apple combo iPhone/Bluetooth dock such that the phone fits properly and all pins of the connector are well connected. Also, Apple might consider re-thinking it's dock design at least for their combo dock. Had they raised the pin connector up higher and made the cavity it sits in a bit larger front to back, there would have been room to stick in one of the adapters. Maybe someone else here has the new set of adapters available and that might help with fixing this problem. If so, please post.
If you're contemplating buying the Sendstation dock extender, be aware of this design flaw/inadequacy before you plunk down your $.
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If this post is not helpful to you or you don't like it, there is no need to flame. Simply ignore and move on.
UNFORTUNATELY, the Sendstation dock extender (which works fine in Universal iPod docks) does not fit very well at all in either the standard iPhone dock or the iPhone/Bluetooth combo dock - yes, even with the little stand gadget they include with the different rubber bumpers to adjust for different models of iPods. In the combo dock, it's a little tenous and it seems that the pins of the connectors could bend really easily given how flimsy the seating of the phone on top of the port is.
This is a business opportunity for someone (make an extender that is better designed, basically) OR Sendstation needs to get busy and make an insert that sits IN both the standard iPhone dock as well as the Apple combo iPhone/Bluetooth dock such that the phone fits properly and all pins of the connector are well connected. Also, Apple might consider re-thinking it's dock design at least for their combo dock. Had they raised the pin connector up higher and made the cavity it sits in a bit larger front to back, there would have been room to stick in one of the adapters. Maybe someone else here has the new set of adapters available and that might help with fixing this problem. If so, please post.
If you're contemplating buying the Sendstation dock extender, be aware of this design flaw/inadequacy before you plunk down your $.
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If this post is not helpful to you or you don't like it, there is no need to flame. Simply ignore and move on.
PBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.3), 2 gig RAM
