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This review is from: Ppyple dashview car mount, FM Transmitter, car charger, handsfree for iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS (Certified “Made for iPhone”) (Wireless Phone Accessory) This device works pretty well with a few caveats. First of all, the overall feel of it is sort of “cheap” — thin plastic, etc. However, after using it for about three weeks, I haven’t had anything break, so I have to assume that they went with flexibility instead of rock solidity for robustness. The second item is that sometimes the connector for the iPhone doesn’t seat easily. I think this is because of the universal clip they use for compatibility with various types of iPhone/iPod. Still, it’s just a minor annoyance. The only real complaint I have is that instead of pulling the audio from the iPhone connector they make you use the audio jack for plugging in a jumper cable. This seems more than a bit silly to me to begin with, compounded by the fact that this 6″ cable is quite possibly the worst cable I have ever seen. Almost every time I plug it in I have to twist one end or the other in the jack to get rid of a strong static hum on the line.

That said, it does the job, the FM transmitter works pretty well once I found an empty channel, which was actually quite a task in a larger urban area.

Overall, I give it four stars because it does what it’s supposed to, although the audio cable is really pretty shoddy, and I have to say that they hide the fact it needs one in all their pictures.

This review is from: Konnet Technology KN-8268 iCrado Plus – Metal / Metallic Charging / Charger Dock / Cradle / Stand / Kit with Charge and Sync Cable for iPhone 4S, 4, 3Gs, 3G and iPod Touch, Nano – 1 Pack – Reatil Packaging – Black (Wireless Phone Accessory) I needed a nice docking station for my iPhone 3Gs and this seemed like a good match. I use one of Nutshell’s leather belt clip cases, so I wasn’t worried about any potential case issues.

The dock looks great. Very sleek and metal (not plastic), though it does have rubber pads to keep it from damaging your desk. I took the included cable and hooked it up (you have to pop out the cable holder on the stand, slide your cable in and then lock it in place with the holder). They are very emphatic about you not using the Apple cable (which has the locking clips) since you want to be able to slide your iPhone or iPod Touch on and off without worrying about such clips.

At first, my phone wouldn’t plug in. Problem ended up being that the cable is labeled backwards (the connector symbol which is normally on the front of the cable connector, needs to be on the back)… I have the black unit, so I don’t know if this is limited to the black cable or to any of the cables. Anyway, that was easy to figure out and fix.

My iPhone sits in there without any issues and is able to sync data and charge.

Happy customer!

Update: 12/22/2010: FYI… I’ve been using this same dock with my iPhone 4 for the past 5 months or so without any problems.