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Apple iPod Dock Connector to USB Cable

Maximize the performance of your iPod and your docking connector with Apple’s handy USB 2.0 interconnect. Compatible with Windows PCs only, the cable offers up to 480 Mbps data transfer for lightning-quick loading, or synching, of your entire music library to your iPod portable music player. Connect the FireWire end to the iPod power adapter to charge the unit while synching. The cable is compatible with iPods with dock connectors only.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars fully functional and not at all authentic
I didn’t start out a tightwad. I already bought a spare cable for $20 at the Apple store. Someone ripped it off from my desk at work. LAME. I am not made of money so I had to find a less expensive replacement. Enter: Amazon!

The quasi Apple-like packaging with a prominent ‘Made in China’ sticker product arrived in the mail a few days ago. Fast shipping? Absolutely. Safe wrapping too: they used bubble wrap and taped it up carefully so no shipping damage.

It works with my iPhone 3G for charging and syncing which is what I care about. If you can overlook the faux packaging you can get yourself a nice cable for a lot less $.

4 Stars Is it the same?
Nope. Everything initially appears to be right from Apple, but after close examination i found that there isn’t as much insulation on these wires as the ones from Apple. Does this matter? Hardly, insulation is put on wires to protect and disperse heat, and these cables may not have as much as the stock ones, but there really isn’t that much different. The only reason why you may consider paying 4 times the price for the cable from Apple is if your using it to charge in your car while using GPS (because gps kills the battery and also takes a lot of power to keep the phone charged). So if you don’t do this every single day, then this is by far a better value. The build quality and pieces appears to be the exact same thing as Apple’s so literally the only difference is a little bit less insulation. Honestly, I would have no problem buying more of these for anything else just because of the price.

1 Star not a apple product
this is not a genuine apple product as shown in the picture, it is a knock off with the apple logo. Still works though…

5 Stars Inexpensive, and works
Some reviewers have given low marks saying it is not an Apple product. I don’t know if it is or not, but after buying 4 of these I do know that they work — both for charging and data transfer. And they are cheap.

5 Stars functional
One end of this plugs into my computer. The other end plugs into my iPod nano. Stuff happens. It takes up slightly less space than the one that shipped with my iPod nano, and doesn’t lock in place, but otherwise it performs it’s function perfectly.

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